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TTTE .-MOTtTVTXG OREGOXIAN, MO NX AY, .DECEMBER . 6, . 1909,. 2 DIPLOMATS TO BE CHOSEN ON MERIT Taft Orders Examination of Prospective Secretaries as First Step. KNOX'S PLAN IS ADOPTED Of flcrs to Be Graded and Promotion Is Designed to Follow Excellent Work Physical Test Is Part of Plan. WASHING-TON, Dec. B. To Improve the personnel and efficiency of the Diplomatlo Service and to encourage Secretaries of Legations to qualify for promotion to the rank of Minister, President (Taft has approved a plan suggested by Secretary Knox, and he" published it tonight as an executive order. The new. project provides for a board of examiners to pass upon all applicants for appointment of Secretaries and pro vides the standard to be maintained. Scretary Knox in a letter submitting his plan to the President points out the re markable growth of the political and commercial relations of the United States with foreign nations and the increasing difficulty of the problems to be dealt with. Promotions Are Promised. Record of efficiency of all the Under Secretaries -will be preserved in the State Iepartment and appointment from out side the service to Secretaryships will be made only to the class of Third Sec retary of Embassy, or. in case of higher vacancies, of Second Secretary of Lega tion, or of Secretary of Legation at posts which have assigned to them only one Secretary- Vacancies in Secretary of the higher classes in the future, will be filled by promotion from" lower grades and efflcency and ability demonstrated in the service will be the test of advancement. - All the Secretaryships in the future will be graded according to the Importance or difficulty or other. aspects of the work done at each mission, and these classifica tions will be made known to the service so that every man may know just where, he stands. The examining board, to con sist of the Secretary of State, the So licitor of the Department of State, the Chief of the Diplomatic Bureau and the Chief Examiner of the Civil Service Com mission, will determine the fitness of candidates designated by the President for examinations. Kxamlnatlons in Washington. The examinations will be held at Wash ington and will be both oral and written. Knowledge of the following subjects will determine the fitness of the candidates: International law; diplomatic usage; at least one modern language other than English, either French, German or Spanish:'-the natural commercial and in dustrial resources of the United States; American history: government and insti tutions and the modern history of Europe, Latin-America end the Far East. - In the oral examination candidates must demonstrate alertness, general contem porary' information, natural fitness for the service, address, command of Eng 'Ish and' general education. ' A physical examination will be supple mented. Candidates must be between 21 and BO years of age. The department will aim to apportion representation fairly among the states and territories. RAID TO BEHEADED OFF (Continued From First Page.') nbout it. They are waiting upon the President. By common consent, apparentl-. all are holding hack until the Presidential rec ommendations can be roceived, as they will be on Tuesday, in his first annual message. That his suggestions will be acted upon is too much to say. But there is a disposition to accommodate him so far as can be - done, and there Is a determination to hear his suggestions before entering upon anj- effort at' legis lation along lines upon which he has in timated a desire to be heard. Insurgents in No Haste. Even the "insurgents" generally ex press a willingness to wait upon the White House before attempting to for mulate a plan of action. This Is true both In the Senate and In the House. They manifest : much Interest In the forth coming message but say that, until It Is received,, they will be unable to form any plans. They ' are avowedly Irreconcilable In Infill" attitude toward the Speaker and Senator Aldrlch, whom they hold re sponsible, one for the House rules and the other for tariff. Unquestionably they will be heard from soon in some way, and it is not hoped by friends of the new tariff that they will escape criticism. They, are prepared for this, and will attempt to meet it when it comes. . Rules Not to Be Amended. There is practically no prospect of amending" the rules of the House in this session, and Indications are strong that no general effort will be made in that direction. The principal Interest In the outlook centers In the possibility of rail road legislation and all are waiting with keen expectation to see what recommen dation. If any,, Mr. ,Taft may make on that subject. Representative Mann has bills prepared on all these points and will present them us soon as the message is received. He Is chairman of the committee that will have the measures in hand and he will press them with vigor. Much interest is felt In the NIcaraguan situation, but the general disposition Is to permit the execu tive branch to deal with It without inter ference. 'm Canada's Attitude Concerns. The attitude of Canada toward the pro visions of the tariff law relative to print paper and wood pulp is giving some con cern. Early efforts to remedy this situ ation will be made but there is no cer tainty of the outcome. While the corporation tax was under consideration in the extra session. Sen ator Aldrich expressed the opinion that It might not bo of long life, but he probably will take no steps to abrogate It until the full effect of the tariff as a revenue producer can be ascertained. Representative Campbell, of Kansas, on Monday will Introduce a resolution ask ing for an Investigation of the sugar trust. The opinion is quite general that New Mexico and Arizona will attain to statehood before the close of the session. The President has promised that they shall come In separately. While many members regard the two territories as unprepared for statehood, the probabil ities are that these members will yield. Efforts will be made to get through a postal savings bill and a merchant ma rine bill, but both will be opposed. Both houses probably will adjourn al most Immediately after convening on Monday the Senate on account of the death of Senator Johnson, of North Da- kota, and the House because of, the deaths of Representatives DeAr'mond of Missouri and Lassiter of Virginia, all of which have occurred in the recess. Mr. Thompson, who succeeds Senator Johnson, will be sworn in, aa will be Mr. McCredte and Mr. Hawley, the one suc cessor of the late Representative Cush man of Washington, and the other of William Lorimer of Iilllnois, advanced to the Senate. FOWLER TARIFF BILL READY Commission to Fix Duties,. Within Limits Set by Congress. v. WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. Representative Charles W. Fowler, of New Jersey, to night gave out a statement outlining the tariff commission bill which he will in troduce in the Mouse tomorrow. The bill, as described by Mr. Fowler, provides that Congress shall fix the max imum and minimum schedules or rates, and that the commission, consisting of 15 members, shall, with the approval of the President, fix the actual rates to be paid at some point between the maximum and minimum rates so established by Congress. But no rate so fixed and ap proved shall become effective or opera tive for 18 months after having been pro mulgated by the President, that every industry affected by tariff changes may have ample time to adjust Itself to new conditions. "If anyone should suggest," said Mr. Fowler tonight, "that such a commis sion could not constitutionally fix the tariff rates at any point between tha maximum and minimum rates established by Congress, because that would be an exercise of legislative power, let him ask himself whether the power to so fix rates Is such a stretch of legislative authority as that given to the Interstate Commerce Commission and approved by the Su preme Court permitting it to fix a rea sonable railroad rate." Mr. Fowler declares It to ho . perfectly clear "that unless the Republican party gets rid of Aldrichism and Cannonlsm, the people will get rid of the Republican party." Fowler asserts that the people's hopes have been turned to disgust and their faith to resentment, and he says he does not believe that they will permit Aldrlch to "pick their pockets through the leger demain of words." He prophesies a thunderbolt of righteous indignation and punitive wrath," as about to "strike, shatter and paralyze the Republican party unless It utterly repudiates Ald richism and Its subservient implement. Cannonlsm." Impending defeat and the loss of the next House of Representatives. Mr. Fow ler says, can be avoided only "by em blazoning on our party banners the pledges:- 'First, we are against Aldrich ism and Cannonlsm. Second, we demand tariff revision hereafter by evolution, and not revolution. Third, we demand tariff revision based on ascertained facts, and not upon selnsh trades and corrupt agree ments. Fourth, we demand a perma nent, broad and responsible tariff com mission, which shall ascertain the facts, obviate trade wars and assist in securing and retaining the good will and friend ship of all nations by wise. Just and ad vantageous trade treaties. " TAFT TO TALK HARBORS PRESIDENT MAY OPEN WATER WAYS CONGRESS THIS WEEK. Delegates Meet for First Time With out "Pork Barrel Sentiment. Governors Speak. " ' ' ( WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. The 'President, members of his Cabinet. Governors of five states, members of Congress and other men prominent In National life will at tend the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, which will begin a three days' session here Wednesday. The congress Is expected to make an epoch. It Is said this will be the first time the delegates ever have met with out the "pork barrel" sentiment. President Taft is expected to make the first address to the congress. Count von Bernstorff, German Ambassador to the United States, will tell of the develop ment of inland waterways in Germany. On the following two days there will be addresses by Governors Hadley, of Missouri, Weeks of Connecticut. Harmon of Ohio, Eberhardt of Minnesota and Burke of North Dakota. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel, and Her bert Smith, Commissioner of Corporations, will speak. The congress meets this year with three convictions that no waterways projects should be entered upon until its practi cability is proved by engineers; that such projects now under way should be speed ily, finished, and that bonds should be issued for the work just as was done for the Panama Canal. RAILWAY PROJECTS ACTIVE Flood of Bills Promised in British Columbia Lower House. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 5. (Special.) That the session of the local House, opening January 20, -will not be without its new railway policy and its lobby, de spite the fact that the Canadian North ern and the Kettle River Valley rail way legislation have premier places , promised on the order paper, is appar ent from tne appearance in the Gazette already of no fewer than nine notices of special railway bills, seven of which are with respect to new projects. A bill is also promised for the revival of the Vancouver & Nicola- Valley Rail way Company charter of 1908, and an other to extend the time for the com mencement of operations on the enter prise of the Graham Island Railway Company. Barnard & Robinson have charge of a bill for a rival Graham Island railway project, and others pre liminary to the formation of companies and the construction of railroads fron Vancouver to Upper Lillopet Lake, and from Lytton to the northern boundary of the province. Abbott & Hart-Mc-Harg will seek incorporation, with the usual powers, for a company to build a new short-line railroad from Vancou ver to New Westminster; Frank Hig glns has the interests of still another Graham Island road committed to his keeping: Taylor, Hulme & -Innes are looking after the Robson Bight & West Coast Vancouver Island Railway bill, and Wilson & Bloomfield the projected road from Menzles Bay to the junction of the Salmon and Mamekay Rivers. B0WLEGGED MAN MISSING Is Also German, Wears Spectacles and Has Much Money. SPOKANE, Wash.. Dec. 5. (Special.) Bowlegged. a German and burdened with money. Max Gunther, a property-owner of Wallace, Idaho, although not a resi dent, is missing and his relatives have appealed to the authorities for help in locating him- . . Gunther. aged 45. wore spectacles be sides being bowlegged. He is a butcher by trade and is said to have left Pull man, Wash., about July 25 to go to Wallace. So far as his relatives know he did not arrive there. They expressed the belief that he has been killed for his money, since he was known to carry large sums with him. Ribbons 10 Yards for 10c Ribbons No. 1 satin taffeta ribbon for making, holiday gifts, fancy . work, etc. in. 10-yard piece, special at. lUu Automobile Veils, 2V2 yds. long; extra quality chiffon; all popular colors; sample line. Values to $4.00, "each. .$1.98 Women's Novelty Neckwear in croat stocks, rabats, jabots, Ve nise collars or lace stocks, all new designs. Regular A On values to $1.00, special. . fOll Ostrich Boas A sample line; iy2 and 2 yards long; colors, white, gray, brown and evening shades; regular values 0"7 rn up to $20. For Monday 01 lOU Regular values up 010 ER to $27.50, for, each. . O I ZiUU Women's Silk Elastic Belts, fit ted with handsome buckles in wide selection ; . all the best shades. Regular 75c and AQn $1.00 values, special at. . . HrOli $1.50 and $2.00 values 98 Opera Wraps Over $50 at Half Pay just one-half of the marked price and become the owner of any opera or evening coat or cape in our stocks, that sells regu larly at $50.00 or more. Why be content with mediocre styles and qualities when the finest grades to be had, and the best fashions produced, are on sale at half price 1 "Wonderful selec tion of colors "and materials, rich and handsome plain effects or triumphs of tasteful trimming. All at $50 and up Vi PRICE ALL EVENING DRESSES AND GOWNS WORTH $75 AND UP AT HALF Preferred materials, styles and shades; a com-, prehensive selection in every particular. No reserve. Every . gown or dress we own, worth $75.00 or more, today at HALF Gifts for Men Economize on your men's gifts this year and. simplify' your shopping1 by coming to one great store where all his wants are catered to, and low department-store prices are charged. Come where only first qualities are to be found, no matter how low the price. Come and choose the things that you'll be sure he likes and let him know that they come from the Style Center of the Northwest. Men's Housecoats in endless selection. At the present time our line presents a faultless assortment. Every ' size is here, and those who come now to look stand no chance of dis appointment. If you wish, we will lay away any housecoat in our stock upon paying one fourth the price. Men's. Fancy Hosiery, Suspen ders, dress protectors, fancy vests, sweater coats, dress or ' golf shirts, silk handkerchiefs, and all the accessories to dress that fastidious fellows like. Huck Towels hemstitched and embroidered; ideal Regular $2.00 values, spe cial this week, only. . . . . $1.50 Regular $2.50 values, spe- CO flfl cial this week, only UU Regular $2.75 values, spe- ffO Ifl cial this week, only qLms DENIAL TAKEN BACK Calhoun Is Expected to Accept Post at Pekin. LONG TALK HAD WITH KNOX Chicago Lawyer Afterward Told Sec retary He Would Take Position, but Has Received No Reply or Notification He Has Job. CHICAGO. Dec. 5. William J. Cal houn tonight denied a report from Washington that he had declined to ac cept the appointment as Minister to China. He did decline about ten .days ago. but since then had been induced to reconsider the matter. Mr. Calhoun explained that he had been induced by Secretary of State Knox to reconsider his determination not to accept the appointment. "Two weeks ago in Washington I dis cussed with Secretary of State Knox the matter of accepting the mlftistry to China," said Mr. Calhoun. - ."The offer was made to me and I asked for time in which to consider it. Returning to Chicago early last week, I telegraphed Knox that I could not ac cept. I received a reply urging me to reconsider. Finally, on Friday I wired Secretary Knox that if my acceptance were urgently desired by the President I would consider the offer further. "Since my last communication to Mr. Knox I have heard nothing further In the matter and I do not wish to state at this time what I shall do, because the post has not been formally tendered me by President Taft. "t-resident Taft- was not in Wash ington upon the occasion of my visit there, and I have had no direct com munication with him concerning this matter." Mr. Calhoun spent much of the day In consultation with his law partners at his office. Among his friends the opinion prevailed that he would go to China. MRS. GATES ASKS DIVORCE Wife of Portland Lumberman Seeks $1000 Monthly Alimony. That the divorce proceedings Insti tuted by - Mrs. - Adeline - Meek Gates Olds, Wortntan&Kmg Come in and View the Many Wonderful Values in Toy land Today, Monday, is the opening of Our Fourth Floor Fairyland the supply center of the toys that will delight all the good boys and girls on Christmas. Old and young are cordially invited to wander through the department and ab sorb the Xmas spirit that pervades the very atmosphere of an up-to-date Toyshop. Dolls that awaken the most eager anticipations in all the little girls who see them and which make the older women sorry they are not girls once more so that they, too, might mother one of these little beauties. Jolly little ladies with cloth faces, dolls that will stand much rough handling, or stately madames in handsome gowns that would make the most fastidious society belle envy them their admiration. All the newest toys for boys that like things with "go' in them Electric railways, friction fOVj. electric and stf am n crin c c xhnni the rhnte. In r1rll A-.rr.r J, r ' - -gy.-.y - - - ings we are showing unbreakable dishes in several From This Complete Stock Men's Neckwear is one of the most popular articles for Christmas time. Just find out his taste and come here to please it. You'll please your purse as well, for good quali ties do not cost much here. Latest shapes and color- Cfl ings, up from. ......... OUu Men's Bath Robes, and dress ing gowns,, of all sorts, ; Dis tinctive patterns, in new blan ket effects. . Browns, grays, blues and a good assortment of designs and colors .55.00 Prices up from. . Very finest grade of Richardson's-imported Irish buck-a-back towels.; hand- - a. Christmas gifts. Special this. week. RICHARDSON'S HANDKER CHIEF LINEN Very finest quality sheer linen lawn; regularly worth $3 CI QD the yard; special price. . y 30 against G. Walter Gates, prominent Portland lumber dealer and clubman, came as a surprise to Mr. Gates is evi denced by statements made by his at torney, S. B. Linthicum, last night. For some time society has been whispering of an estrangement, and when the ac tion was commenced Saturday in the Circuit Court there was no surprise on tne part of their mutual friends. Mrs. Gates, it is said, intends taking up her permanent residence in St. Louis, where her parents live. Friends of Mrs. Gates say she is much incensed against her husband and did not seek to have the pecuniary consideration settleVi by a compromise outside the courts, which probably accounts for her husband's re ported ignorance of the pending suit. In her petition Airs. Gates charges her husband with having treated her cruelly and of excessive Indulgence In liquor. She asks possession of their 9-year-old son, G. waiter Gates, Jr.. and $1000 a month alimony for herself and $100 a month for the boy. She recites that her husband's Income from his real estate, the St. John Lumber Company and G. W. Gates & Company, lumber, is $3000 a month. , Four Below at Attalia. ATT ALIA. Wash., Dec. 5. (Special.) The extreme cold and high winds still continue here. The thermometer reg istered four below zero Saturday morn ing and there was a heavy fall of snow last night. - - - - - T.....................t 1 saw if - HiVvJ3'"Jv : I Mrs. G. Walter Gates, Portland I Society Woman Who la Suinjf I for Divorce. I ......... m . A FUTURES GET BLOW Corporation Bureau Chief Re ports Against Exchange. DEALS IN COTTON FLAYED Commissioner Smith Approves Cen tral Market, but Condemns Fic titious Quotations Xew York Body Reproved.,. WASHINGTON,"' Dec. 5. Both the pro ducers of cotton and the dealers in that commodity are the victims of the system of trading in vogue on the cotton ex changes of the country. This is the burden of parts 4 and 6 of the report of Commissioner of Cor porations Herbert Knox Smith on the conduct of such exchanges. The practice of dealing in futures, as it is carried on at present, is condemned, although the report does not condemn the existence of the exchange. "The brief discussion of general specu lation in this report." says Mr. Smith, "recognizes the possibilities for good in herent in a great central market like a cotton exchange, and the need that this good be developed and evils eliminated by regulations in line with economic law." Futures Are Condemned. The report is especially condemnatory of the dealings in futures, branding this form of speculation as pure gambling and highly injurious to legitimate trade. In quotation for "future" deliveries of cotton the market Is' so uncertain and so many elements of chance enter into the transac tion that all bids are made at a much lower figure than those offered for cotton actually in existence. The effect of these fictitious quotations, the report points out, tends to mislead the cotton planter as to the true value of his .crop honestly grown. In addition It leads brokers to "play" both sides of the market to protect themselves against loss in such trades, with the result that the producer is forced to pay in the end, while the farmer loses likewise. Gotham Exchange Flayed. The report, while recognizing that the exchanges in New Organs and New York are necessary, does not mince words in criticising the New Tork Exchange. After declaring that the New Orleans methods of conducting the transactions in cotton . " . . lUJfliaft" X colors. Better buy early. Suits $60 and Above at Half Our entire stock of fancy and plain suits that sell regularly for $60.00 and up go at this sweeping reduction today. There's -the grandest choice. that ever faced Portland shoppers in any sale before attempted: This includes our handsome models in three-piece suits and there is so wide a "range of choice in col ors, style and grade that all women who are of an economical turn of mind must and will share in the bargain. The best tail ors in the land fashioned these lovely garments, the best ma terials obtainable enter into their construction and they are the best and latest modes. All worth $(J0.00 and up. and will be placed on sale today at just ONE-HALF PRICE Leather Goods and Jewelry Among the leather goods and jewelry are choice gifts for men or women. Unique and different presents may be selected here, too, for this is the only store in Portland showing a full line of direct importations in genuine Parisian jewelry. The cleverly-wrought pieces of artistic handiwork in rare and beau tiful designs are the envy of all who see them. Choose while t is early in the shopping season. . Gifts for Men Are: Stick pins, cuffs links, rings, hatch fobs, key rings, mani cure sets, desk needfuls, bill books, purses, card cases, ci gar cases, collar bags, etc. We sell merchandise certifi cates for Men's Gloves if you don't know the size. Slippers for the Lot 1 Men's, Women's . and Chil dren's Velvet Slippers; made with carpet or leather soles;, also one style in all leather; every size from men's to children's. Regular prices 60c to $1: all In this lot are OJVE2-HALF PHICK Lot 2 Misses' and Children's Felt Slippers in red, navy or blue; have tips of leather; hand-turned soles. Reg-. $1 values. All sizes at BO Lot 3 Women's Felt Slippers made with hand-turned belting- leather soles: black fur trimmed: colors brown, gray or black. The $1.25 kind at.... 99J followed natural lines, the report draws attention to the fact that it has been proved that the abnormal depressions in the future price in New York "were almost wholly due to improper artificial conditions now maintained by the New York Cotton Exchange. By maintaining them the New York Exchange Is re sponsible for a very real Injury to the producer and merchant." In closing the letter to President Taft which accompanied his report. Commis sioner Smith again takes occasion to re prove the New York Exchange. He says: "After the publication of the earlier parts of this report the New Orleans and New York Cotton Exchanges estab lished special committees, instructed to consider the systems 'of their exchanges and to co-operate therein with the Com missioner of Corporations. Conferences have been held by the Commissioner with both committees. On the part of New Orleans this co-operation was very com plete, resulting in certain important im provements In the rules of that exchange. After more than a year's investigation the committee of the New York Exchange has not yet made any final report or taken any substantial action." The Commissioner touches on the ac tivities of the various organizations of cotton-growers, all formed with a view of controlling both price and production. He believes, however, that so numerous are the factors of supply and demand In determining the price of cotton that It Is Impossible to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion as to the extent of influence exerted by such organizations. India and Ceylon supply seven-eighths of the world's tea. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT MORTGAGE A Ten-Year Endowment Policy in the quitabl Will Eat It Up If You live or Can cel It If You Die 306-7-8 Oregonian Building Portland, Oregon $1.75 Gloves $1.29 a Pair Extra good quality women's kid gloves in two-clasp style; all sizes. The ideal holiday gift. Regular $1.75 grade,. CI 00 special for today at -0 iZ3 If you do not know the size or color wanted in gloves, buy a glove certificate. Women's Street Gloves in ex tra quality tan cape; 1-flasp Prix seam ; spear back ; Dent style. Regular $1.25 87c value at, the pair Extra quality soft cape gloves; one or two-clasp Dent style; $1.75 and $2.00 values for the low price of. S1.59 Women's Cashmere and Golf Gloves; good warm hand wear Regular 75c values on sale Monday at, pair... 48c Children's and Infants' Cash mere Mittens in white, cardi nal, navy, etc. Assorted sizes, Regular values to 35c 19c the pair. Special, pair 'J Gifts for Women Are: Hat Pins, Brooches, stick pins, hair ornaments, bracelets, watches, watch fobs, beauty pins, rings, earrings, lockets, neck chains, veil pins, shirt waist sets, handbags, music rolls, opera glasses, etc. Whole family -Lot 4 -Women's Felt Juliets: splendid quality; some are trimmed in black, others in brown fur. All are trimmed with neat vamp orna ments and are made with finest grade hand-turned soles. Regular 1.75 Slippers, priced at. . .$1.39 Lot 5 Women's Kid Juliets in 7 styles; in plain or tipped - ton in either kid or patent leathers: heels of different heights, leather or rubber; extra heavy hand - turned soles; $1.75 values at SB1.3J Most complete assortment of House and Comfort Slippers ever shown in one store in Portland. Direct your early attention to the securing of Christmas footwear. PREHY FACE IS BAIT FIVE CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MEN CLEVERLY "TAKEN IN." Miss Florence M. Drake, of Pasa dena, Succeeds in Hoodwink ing Five Out of $100. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Dee. 5. (Spe I cial.) Captivated by the bewitching looks of a girl who gave her name as Miss Florence M. Drake, of Pasadena, five Avalon business men listened to her sad tale of temporary embarrass ment and loaned her money to get back to the main land. That was one week ago. Today the men learned to their cha grin and to the amusement of the rest of Catallna that they art the victims of the "damsel In distress" act. The girl secured about $100 alto gether and gave an address in Pasa dena from which she would send the money back. The letters were returned today marked "name jiot known." She told the business men she had lost her purse and only wanted enough money to pay her hotel bill and her fare home. "You are so good and kind to be-' friend a strange girl like me," she said to each in turn, as she made her "touch." e Life D. C. HERRIN Agency Manager