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THE MOltiVlISCx OKEGONIAX, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1910. CABINET CRISIS THREATENS SPAIN DISTINCTIVE CLOf HING NOTED ARTIST, HIS WIFE, AND CHILD OVER WHOM THEY ARE CONTENDING. SCALES DROPS 0UT;x COTTONGOESDQWN REDUCTIONS Conspiracy of Army Officers May Upset Government if Not Checked. POLITICS SEEIUN TANGLE Protest Against T7n fairness In Re wards for Military Service Is Only Cloak Cnder Which Conservatives Attack. MADRID, Jan. 14. Th conspiracy tgralnst the government, which Is largely advanced by army officers. Is growing in. seriousness. Commencing as a protest against an alleged unfairness in the dis tribution of honors as a result of the .Vfelilla campaign, the affair is now looked upon as a plot of the Conservatives to embroil the army In a quarrel with th crown and to take from, the government the support of the troops of the nation. It is considered in political circles that . ministerial crisis i at hand and that the manifestations of the military officers were undertaken as en attempt to force the resignation of Minister of War Luquees. thus precipitating the downfall of Premier Moret y Prendergast and his Cabinet. The government's proposal to Rive General "VVeyler the title of Field Marshal has further complicated matters. Wholesale Arrests Made. Many arrests have been made by the police and as a result Interesting details of the affair are coming o light. Senor LJorens. a Carlist deputy, is charged with having written the original article of pro test against the army awards, which ar ticle would have been published in the Correspondencia Militar had not the paper been suppressed and the issue confiscated. It was after the suppression of this paper that the army officers -gathered In front of the office of publication and made their demonstration against the govern ment. Tonight it is reported that over 200 of- fleers are Implicated In the alleged con spiracy against the government. . Excitement at Barcelona. Dispatches from Barcelona report much excitement th-re. The troops are held in readiness at their barracks. The origin of the trouble was the, com plaint against the system of advancement for army officerst which was made upon the recommendation of persons of hign rarfk. among whom Prince Pignatelll was the leader. Several army units are af fected, but to what extent Is not known. Minister of War Luquees admits that the situation is grave. The Cabinet 1s between two fires; on the one hand the Republicans and Radicals, on the other land the army. SPANISH CEXSOR IS ACTIVE References to Military Conspiracy Are Carefully Suppressed. HEXDATB, France, Jan. 14. The Spanish censor Is intercepting news dis patches containing references to the mill, tary conspiracy at Madrid. Considerable agitation is reported among the troops at Cadiz. Malaga and Valencia. PAULHAN'S RECORD STANDS (Continued from First Pare.) ' things, while he went after speed and durability records. After three at tempts he succeeded In setting the speed record for the,-course at one lap. Paullian Flies Cross Country. High over the tree's, outlined In a sharp profile against the gray sky, came Paul han. It was just a little cross-country run to the Frenchman, but to the coun tryside he gazed upon, it was a most ifjnificant event. Paulhan, In his Parman biplane, came Mit of the gully back of the airship, ients unexpectedly. Starting as though on an ordinary trip around the course, he drew the great concourse of people to its feet as he soared high over the grandstand and disappeared in the direc tion of San Pedro and the ocean. He flew about 15 miles in all, as the crow flies, over a gentle landscape, with a light wind. He turned toward Wilming ton and Long Beach and San Pedro be fore someone below divined what the strange sight was and soon Paulhan was greeted by a roar of whistles from the lugs and big craft in the harbor. He sailed above the wireless telegraph mast at the harbor entrance and started back. Paulhan Promises More. As he appeared over the crowd again, lie received another hearty welcome, but the judges paid no attention to the per formance, as Paullian had not announced to them that he intended to do anything. Paulhan himself did not think the trip amounted to much. , "Walt," he said, "until the big cross country trip." "Can you go as far as San Francisco?" "Oh, I could, but 1 will go in the other direction." In the regular events of the day. as an nounced, the Curtiss machine made great headway. Hamilton was out early and made the first circle of the course. The Interest in the event continues unabated and Hamilton was rewarded for his ef forts by the cheers of the great crowd. Curtiss Makes Flight. Three Curtiss machines were rolled out to the lawn in front of the Judges' stand. Curtiss himself appeared and took, hold of things in a workmanlike manner and was soon in the air for a preliminary flight. Shortly after S o'clock Curtiss started the official events by making a trial to set a new speed record for tlie course of a mile and a half. His first attempt was !:14 1-5. About this time Paulhan dis tracted attention by his San Pedro flight nd when -things had settled down again Curtiss made a new trial. He succeeded !n cutting the time to 2:121. Not satis fied with this, he made another attempt '.Rter in the afternoon and set a mark of 1:12 flat. This lshe official record for :he course. Paulhan again this time with Masson is passenger, flew into the center of the rena and made his bow. He remained In the air is minutes and 30 seconds and rircled the course twice, drawing a cheer ach time he whizzed by the stands. Dirigibles Fly hace. The dirigibles appeared. Roy Knahen- tsuue arm xincoin tteacney announced a Krteeri trin! for ttex swth-aa rr,. v4- v.- TV crossed the tape at 6 o'clock and moved gracefully along the pylons. The race was the first with dirigibles over a prescribed course. Knabon.-hiw mndp what is con sidered fast time S:3! 3-S. Brschey came in in ?:U. Hamilton w lit tip after ti e slow reciijl of Utt course, a IVghl without much iu- I fc-&rf- - " I 111 i 'hr- " -r tll It J f ' V ? . g I I j w ""vi'lJII Ipr - . 3 -tVw j- Sl 1rl I fi I jll Uk: r-v, . . Vsi I ill III $" 'x i S of i -v' ? I ill " - ji ! -"Ixll f H H I lllf Y ; - - ?n f """ fj ' ' l l I If ft sy J ' I r Li II f ' jt i i fill' III - li 'ill I I ,s:; T f J,:i L terest except from the standpoint of the tractabllity of the machine. How slowly could he travel and still remal in the air? He made tiie mile and a half in 3:36. Wlllard later, in the same Curtiss type of machine, made the time 3:11 1-6. Kleriot Machine Appears. The 'Bleriot monoplane, which has been compared to a dragon fly in the air, started out from the tents with Paulhan in the saddle. For the first time since the meet began this little machine the type in which the English Channel was crossed, made a complete circle of the course. This new sight a more delicate and beautiful creature of the air brought waves of cheers. ', Then came the event crowning in In terest because in danger even the flight to San Pedro. Hamilton announced that he would try to break Paulhan's altitude record of 4165 feet. In a Curtiss biplane Hamilton left the ground at 4 o'clock. After gliding up 500 feet and remaining in the air 12 minutes he came down announcing that he simply had tested out his machine and that he would make the trial later. Knabenshue exceeded his own speed record for the course In his dirigible, making it in 5:10 2-5. Louis Paulhan again took honors by making the first cross-country flight. He circled the wireless telegraph mast at the entrance of San Pedro Harbor, and returned to - aviation camp after a flight of 16 miles. Two dirigibles engaged in a race for the first time over prescribed official course, Knabenshue defeating Beachey. The Bleriot monoplane, piloted by Pailhan, made its first appearance of the meet, completing one circle of the field. Glenn H. Curtiss in an official speed trial for one lap, broke the record and set the figures at 2:12 flat. Charles F. Wlllard made a perfect score of 100 points In the contests for starting from a marked square. Charles K. Hamilton, in his Curtiss machine, won the slow speed contest for one lap. Time 3:36 2-5. Dirigible Makes Record. Roy Knabenshue in his big racing dirigible borke his own speed record for one lap of the measured course. Time, 5:10 2-5. Glenn H. Curtiss, with Lieutenant Paul, IT. S. A., as passenger, ascended to test the practicability of the aero plane in war. In an effort to drop bombs on a measured space. Curtiss descend ed too quickly and the test was post poned. Paulhan, late in the day. In attempt ing short-turn maneuvers, before the graridstand, struck the ground with a thud, breaking the tip of a plane of his machine. Cortland Field Bishop; president of the Aero Club of America, made a short flight with Paulhan In a Farman ma chine. Charles K. Hamilton In his Curtiss machine announced he would make an attempt for - the high altitude record held by Paulhan, but after reaching a height of 600 feet descended and de cided he would try again some other day. REPORTER WOULD JBEJILOT I Los Angeles Man Makes Snort Flight in Balloon. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14. In the "City of Los Angeles," the only balloon that ascended today from Aero Park, George B. Harrison, a local newspaper man, made a short trip alone In his course to qualify as an aeronaut. He landed this afternoon, south of the fcity limits after a two-hour sail at a height of 26O0 feet. He will now have to make a night air voyage alone before the Aero Club of America licenses him. FINE LAUNCH IS ORDERED Iloquiam Lumber Dealer to Have Modern and Costly Cruising Boat. HOQCIAM, Wash., Jan. i Special.) Already the owner of one of the finest power launches on the Northwest Coast, V. El Boeing, prominent timberman of Hoquiam and Aberdeen, has let con tracts in Seattle for the construction of a gasoline launch, said to be the largest on the Coast. Her dimensions are given as follows: Length 96 feet, beam 164 feet, draught 5 feet 9 Inches. The boat will be hand somely finished, and is designed to main tain a speed of 15 knots per hour. The contract price has not been made public. Plans and specifications were prepared by New York designers. Ashe Settles Out of Court. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Jan. 14. (Special. V 1 It transpired todtiy that Owner G. P. Ashe, whose yacht Olympic was recently saved from destruction on Grays Harbor bar by the tug Cudahy and libeled for $:2.?.v0, has effected an amicable settle ment with the Grays Harbor Tugboat rninnany rind wi;i rnjrajro a master to take tlie erp t't to San Pedro. leisures of tl1. Ft-t'lement are withltotdj but if- is j understood to le nominal. t II . je"" if II Howard Chandler Christy. CHRISTY1HUGGEDM0DELS ARTIST OX FAMILIAR TERMS WITH GIRLS, SAY WITNESS. Wife's Action for Possession of Child - Brings Out Unseemly Life of Once Popular Idol. ZANBSVILLS. O-, Jan. 14. There was considerable diversion In. the life of Howard Chandler Christy, the artist, ac cording to the testimony of Charles F. Hall, a former Christy model, today In the habeas corpus proceedings of Mrs. Christy to obtain possession of their 12-year-old daughter, Natalie. Hall also testified that the conduct of Mr. Christy In the presence of Natalie was at times most unbecoming of "a father. He told of how the artist struck his wife, knocking her down, causing her nose to bleetj and "sitting upon her." Hall told of Incidents in the studio in which various models played a conspicu ous role, mentioning the names of wo men models with whom Christy was upon quite familiar terms. He said prospective models were com pelled to disrobe immediately, that he might Judge of their figures for artistic purposes. There was much freedom be tween Christy and the girls, he said, and that hugging and kissing was a common pastime. 1 At other times. Hall tsaid, he would hold and caress a model and call her his "baby doll." Christy's trip to a Keeley cure was related. HARVESTER CUTS MELON $20,000,000 "OF COMMON STOCK TO BE' DIVIDED PRO RATA. Wliole Issue, Then Eighty Millions, , May Be Placed on 4 Per Cent Dividend Basis. NEW TOrIc, Jan. 14. Another "melon" of large proportions the dis tribution of $20,000,000 in common stock Is to be given to the stockhold ers of the International Harvester Com pany. The announcement was made this af ternoon at the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. The new stock is to be distributed ratably as a stock dividend to the pres ent 160,000,000 of common stock. The directors of the company have recommended that the entire $80,000, 000 of stock be placed on a 4 per cent dividend basis, beginning next April. The increase of $20,000,000 in the cap ital stock of the company represents surplus Invested in the business in the last seven years. The directors met to day and heard the report of earnings for 1909, which showed that, after set ting aside reserves of various kinds the net earnings exceeded $14,000,000. WRONG MAN IS SHOT DEAD Contractor Kills Friend While Both Seek for Enemy. WATXT1LLH Cal.,Jan. 14. As the result of mistaken identity, Bert Kin lay, a contractor, early today shot and killed Harry Bruoe, a young man em ployed to guard the home of Kinlay, who had received threatening letters. At 3 o'clock this morning Bruce awoke Kinlay and a man named Wood, who lives in the house, saying he had heard some one outside. The three, armed, took positions in different parts of the building. Bruce If ft his post. Kinlay called to him. . whom he failed to recognize, and receiving no reply, shot him dead. He surrendered to the authc Last of Bull Leader's Line of Staple Is Liquidated Through Brokers. , DAY'S DECLINE 1.04 CENTS Market Weakness Most .Noticeable Since Beginning of Year Friend Quotes Patten a Saying -He Is Holding On. NEW YORK, Jan. 14. (Speclsi) Eugene Scales, the Texan who has been leader of the speculative clique In cot ton, is out of the market. The last of his vast holdings of the staple were today transferred through his brokers. Carpenter, Baggot & Co., to the firm of George H. McFadden & Brother. This proof that at least the biggest member of the "Big Pour" in the bull movement of the past year had liqui dated, explained the great weakness in cotton prices since the first of the year, which today culminated In demoraliza tion and a smash to 13.70' cents a pound for May delivery, which 1 sthe most active trading option. At this price the decline from the high point of 16.46 cents reached in the last week of last year was 2.76 cents a pound, or $13.80 a bale. The total break for the day amounted to 1.04 cents a pound, or $6.20 a bale. James H. Patten was quoted by a friendly broker as having declared after the close of the market today that he still had-Ms line of cotton. SUGAR MEN ARE INDICTED- Charges Made - Against Mepibers American Company. NEW YORK, Jan. 14. The Federal Grand Jury returned Indictments today against Charles L. Heike, secretary of the American- Sugar Refining Com pany; G. W. Gerbracht, J. R. Bender nagel, Henry W. Walker, Jean M. Voel-j ker and James F. Halligan, employes! Four counts charge false entries of sugar products and two counts allege conspiracy to defraud the Government In weighing sugar imports. The indicted men will be arraigned to morrow before Judge Hough in the Unit ed States Circuit Court. Heike is secre tary of the American Sugar Refining Company of New Jersey, and secretary and treasurer of the American Sugar Re fining Company of New York. Gerbracht was formerly cashier; Walker was first dock superintendent, and Vlelker was a checker on the docks. Halligan was also employed on the dock whore Imports were received. All except Heike resigned recently. HOLD UP NETS 45 CENTS Robbers Command. Victim to linn, After Rifling Pockets. X. A. Plerson, a resident of Gregory Helglts, reported to the police that he was held up and robbed by two masked men at the end of the East Ankeny streetcar line at 9 o'clock last night, and robbed of 45 cents. Pierson said that one of the men held a nickel-plated revolver to his head while the other rifled his pockets. Owing to darkness he secured only a meager description of the robbers. After making a thorough search of tfielr victim's pockets the thugs led him to the middle of the street and com- i manded him to run. He ran. Plerson resides at 706 East Seventy-ninth street, North. SALEM HIGH WINS DEBATE Albany Boys Go Down to Defeat on , Banking Question. SALEM, Or.. Jan. H. (Special.) alem 'High School was tlie winner In a debate in this city tonight with Albany High School on the subject "Resolved, that the Uni ted States should adopt a system of bank ing similar to the Canadian system." Salem supported the affirmative and Albany the negative. The Salem de baters were Lola Belle Cook, John R. Magness and Ralph Miller. Albany was represented by W. K. Peery, Francis Lil ian! and Charles Ohling. The judges were C. N., McArthur, professor Durham, of Woodhurn, and Professor Peck, of Albany. PUBLICITY ASKED TO DIE Manufacturers Would Kill Corpora tion Tax Publication. i CHICAGO, Jan. 14. Congress, is re quested to abolish the publicity feature of the new . corporation tax In a reso lution adopted today by 20 delegates representing 60 Important4 commercial and industrial organizations of the country. The meeting was held under the aus pices of the Illinois Manufacturers' As sociation. TRUCE IS BEING ARRANGED (Continued from First Page.) upon any proposition and abide by the result. Are the insurgents ready to do the same? "For the past three days conferences have been in progress and those who dif fered from tis laet Friday are now ready to enter the caucus and abide by the decision reached there." , Mr. Dwight was asked if the insurgents had been given any definite assurances as to the treatment they would receive In caucus. "No," replied he, "except "that they have been assured of fair treatment. They will not be discriminated against. M TAFT SENDS IN MESSAGE (Continued from First Page.) nopoly in transporting mail is enrich ing the express companies. Following an Informal canvass of the House committee on banking and cur rency. Representative Hammond, of In diana, has framed a bill to allow Na tional banks to loan not to exceed 50 per cent of their savings deposits on improved farm lands, under regulations to be prescribed by the Controller of Currency. He says that, in the West, half the deposits are savings. - The urgent deficiency appropriation bill" will be reported to' the House to- morrow. It carries approximately $5,. 000,009. , LION CLOTHIERS ICE WRECKS BOUTS River's Sudden Fall Leaves Wreckage on Levees. BRIDGES CARRIED AWAY v - Mississippi Now Above Danger Stage and Still Rising Railroad Tracks Are Inundated and Trains Make Detonrs. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14. The Mississippi River rose to a foot and nine inches above the danger point today, reaching the level of 31 feet 9 inches, and strew ing the- levees with all manner of wreckage. Then the icegorges below the town began breaking, and as the river dropped five feet within three hours, boats were left high and dry and some were damaged so that they will be useless hereafter. The property loss is estimated at $200,000. The preliminary works being con structed for the free bridge, which the city Is constructing over the river here, was destroyed. This will cause ad ditional heavy loss, besides consider able delay. Another Rise Coming. Now word comes that there is to be another -rise. The gorges up the Mis sissippi and Missouri rivers have be gun to go out, releasing the .water in the same manner that It was released when the relief came temporarily. The effect is to transfer the floods from the upper section to this point. The gorge at Alton, 23 miles up, has gone. 'The bridge at Alton has caused a new gorge to be formed, and If this holds there will be relief here. South of here the river is full of floes. The danger line has been passed at Topeka, whlre the gauge shows a drop of six feet since Thursday afternoon. Northern Kansas sees relief, but the southern part of the state- still is threatened. The Arkansas and Wal nut rivers have been backed up out of their banks and many bridges have been washed away. City Nearly Surrounded. Arkansas City is nearly surrounded by water. The Santa Fe and the Frisco railroad bridges are threatened by ice. The main line of the Santa Fe into Texas is blocked. The trains of the Frisco are being routed over the Santa Fe, owing to the carryi&g away of bridges. Gorges block the river at Lawrence, Kan. Many persons have been driven from their homes on the lower ground. At Oxford, in Southenr Kansas, the Arkansas River carried away the Mis souri Pacific bridge. A county bridge at Mulvane and another at Belleplaine were, also washed out. Wisconsin Trains Stalled. MILWAUKEE,, Wis., Jan. 14. Trains and lnterurban electric cars are Should be Examined by One Who Has Mastered the Science of .Mitnt -resting;. KRYPT0I FAR VJSiON 1 3-"-"" Without T.inp 111 the --35v;VisroN; lowest Prices Practice - f kl, ..it. - taw V i i 10 TEARS IX PORTLAND. Tour eyes are your most precious possessions. No sum of money, however large, can -buy new ones, while a very small sum expended with us may save the ones you have. THOMPSON ETE SIGHT SPECIALIST. Second floor Corbet Bide- Fifth and Morrlsoa, Member American Association of Optometrists. Your Eyes fowl 9 3 Our Clothing Reductions merit recognition because they are clean and above board. Our Prices are always plainly stamped on the collar ticket and the saving you make is plainly before you. We buy the best manu facturers' output and use for sales only our regular stock. "No Bargain Stuff" finds its way to The Lion. HERE ARE TWO STRONG SPECIALS $30 Suits Reduced to $21.85 $20 Suits Reduced to $14.85 166 to 170 stalled In snowdrifts In various parts of the state. SOLOMON STIIili TJNDEFEATED Oregon Bllliaj-d Champion Is Vic torious Over Bentley Second Time. In the second game of a billiard tournament last night at Solly's billiard hall, 107 Sixth street, Henry Solomon, the three-cushion champion of Oregon, defeated W. Bently 60 to 27, in 96 in nings. Last Wednesday night Solomon defeated Rowland 60 to 38. The next game will be played Mori day night, when Ingram will try his luck on the undefeated Solomon. Six THE APPROVAL of the most EMINENT PHYSICIANS and its WORLD WIDE ACCEPTANCE by the WELL-INFORMED, BECAUSE ITS COMPONENT PARTS ARE KNOWN TORE MOST WHOLESOME AND TRULY BENEFICIAL IN E FECT, HAVE GIVEN TO J5ZJXIR.OFSENNA THE FIRST POSITION AMONG EAMIDf LAXATIVES AND HAVE LED TO ITS GENERAL USAGE WITH THE MOST UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION. 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Seats are free and may be re served on the day of the game. Merchants Bank Elects Directors. CTQINE, Or.', Jan. 14. (Special.) At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Merchants Bank last night the old board of directors was re-elected, with the exception of K. J. Berger. who Is suc ceeded by Circuit Judge L. T. Harris. The deposits of the Merchants Bonk have been Increased over $100,000 during the year just closed. '9 if "-a m-r Opposite Postoffloe THIS EVENING Mi a 1 i is 1w