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TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 2Q, 1910. PROGRESSIVES IN : CHINA START MR Throne's. Rejection of Demand for Immediate Creation of Cabinet Resented. EXCITEMENT IS INTENSE Plan of InurgcnU Is to Impeach ; Krantl Con m l I and IVrre Gov rrnutrnl to Create ConMltn i' ilonal Mlltrj. IT.K1.W Dee. 1. The fight of the lmpen.il Senate to abolish the Grand Council and to establish a constitution al cabinet was renewed today In the lare. of the throne's rejection, at the recent memorial. Some time aico In secret session, the Senator decided that they would no luiirr tolerate a grand council wblcn w not responsible to the Imperial Senate and would not execute- that body's resolutions. A memorial to the throne praying tor a constitutional cao (nei and the retirement of the Grand Councillors was adopted. Yesterday n Imperial edict announced that tne creation of a Cabinet was refused and that the throne likewise declined to accept the resignations ol tm urana I'nnnpfllnri The imnerlal Senate convened amid Oiuch excitement today. The seats of t.1e throne appointees, who constitute one-half of the membership, were con- nlrnouflr vacant. A resolution was Introduced that the Senate Impeach the Orand Councillors, with the object of farcins; the throne to create a constitutional ministry or to dissolve the Senate. It was declared that the two bodies were Irreconcila ble. Not a voice was raised In defense f the itovernment for the probable rea son that on previous occasions snch spokesmen had been shouted down. The resolution was adopted by a big ma jority, only IS out of the membership of Ji voting against It. The galleries were crowded with enthusiastic pro- resaivee and Interested foreigners. K.me of the onlookers think the action t the Senate jresages a serious altua t!on. MOTHER FINDS BABE DEAD Uttle One Smother to Death In I -olds of Pillow. ', SPOKANPT.-Wash.-Pec. l. Lying In . !:er crib, within a few f'et of where? i her parents were sleep Inc. Lela XX Taylor. J-months-old daughter of Ed . ward Taylor, was smothered to death i some time Sunday alght In the folds i of a pillow.- About t o'clock tn the morning the mother stretched out tier hand to feel - the little oae and her band touched flesh cold In death. This is the second tragedy In the Taylor cottage recently. Two months mxo. Henry Schroe.ar. of Chicago, erased by Jealousy because his wife, a sister of Mrs. Taylor, ran away from him, went to the Taylor home, picked up 4-year-old Kuth Taylor, rently rocked her te sleep and then shot hr to death and immediately afterwards .blew out his own brains. DEPOSITORS DIG CLAMS Mu Itrarh Affords Krllrf to Suf ferer by Bank Failure. SEASIDE. Or, Dec. 1. (PpeciaL) The depositors of the closed bank of Seaside, and the unemployed laboaera of the bankrupt Seaside Lumber A Manufacturing- Co. are not In want of food, as the clams and flsh are very plentiful at this season of the year. fcirery night a large number of clam rtisgers can be seen on the beach with tiieir lanterns discing with all the dif ferent sixes of shovels that have ever been manufactured. The Moore Hotel pier Is lined with fishermen ail day Ions, who catch any amount of porgles. Among the fishermen Is Seld Back, a wealthy Chinaman, of Portland, who snipe many pounds of the flsh dally to lis friends In that city. CHIEF TOUGH LIVES HERE Lx Member of Juvenile Criminal Society ia Custody. lUTSICANIE. Or . Dr IS. SpcUl. iii members of th Toanc Tous?h Society." wbo chief, reatritnir at Port land, receive detailed reports each wefk, Xmmntft bvrei trnluj- In charge of & deputy rherllT. n route to Misc. where ft Is rh arced thrv burglarise) the IJbei. Mo sTaulwy store some time ajrtx They were TecenUy summoned before the ftrand Jury. but were -released on parole, Ttie authorities hope to put an end to the society, whicH has existed for a year. la said. FOSS. IS NOT CANDIDATE Campaign Against Lodge by Gover-or-Klert Is Vot Fersoual. LINN. Mjjw. Pec Oovernor-elect ossi toty opened his second series ef speeches to a campaign agnlnst the re- c-lectlua of Bensuor Lodge. Me reiterated Ms previous statements that he himself V not a candidate to replace the senior Venator. J "it la not a question whethr a Repub- 3i-an or a XVroocrat shall fill this va tamr." said Mr. Koea. "It is purely a tuestlon whether the mas shall measure tip to the requirements of the times-and the needs of the position." EXPRESS PROBE PLANNED ffppt'.nued from First PagO terstate Commerce Commission pro poses to Investigate and to fix. If possi ble, a lust charge." In its presentation of figures upon which the decision of the Commission 1 based to investigate the companies. It Is shown that the four principal ex press companies of the United States Adams. American. United States snd We Us-Far go bad assets of lil.65t. eij. Of this sum lO.J74.4s Is Invest ed In stocks, bonds and mortgages not used In the operation of the business. The earnings were tl0MU.H. Of this amount the express companies re ceived JJ.:4.UT. and the railroads for hauling received Hs.lti.OJl- II ia this feature of the earnings of the express companies, based upon the or aaada te the - Interstate Oora- mere Commission June . !. that la to be investigates. It Is contended the net capital used by the express companies Is only ll. SS.11. while the net earnings on this amount were $. 714.43. The express companies. It is pointed out. have very little invested la their operation, and It takes only a small amount of capital to hanole the busi ness. The railroads, which receive only a small portion of the receipts, have the main part of the work. beiDg the carrier for the greaetr portion of the trip: and all the express company has to do Is to deliver from the depot. Tha railroads receive for transpor tation, it Is alleged, slightly more than 41.7 per cent of the aggregate charges collected upon all express parcels pass ing over the lines. The remaining SM per cent represents the terminal charge. -Il Is self-evident" Mr. Smallwood ssid. "that while the charge for trans portation should Increase with the dis tance, the charge for terminal service should remain unchanged. Irrespective of distance by rail. Inasmuch as the terminal service penormea is me hiiiq whether the rail transportation be long or short. -It Is. nevertheless, the prscttce of the express companies to Increase In proportion to distance the charges ex acted for purely terminal services; whereby a mnch higher charge la Im posed at another for Identical service, for example, the railroad gets for haul ing 10 pounds from New York to Lin coln. Neb, IS.JS. and the terminal , . . ...... .r ' nAr I . cnarge, um eirww v-wwmmj - . $;.!. It costs no more to deliver that 100 pounds at IJncoln than It docs at Portland: but the price for the 100 pounds Is IU.50 and the railroad gets fCM. while the terminal charge for delivery from the depot is JT.5S. The right and Justice of these charges will be Investigated." "IN HIS STEPS" PLAYED DRAMATIZED VERSION OF BOOK GIVF-V IV CHURCH. Applause Omitted by Request, and Makeup, Scenery and Settings Arc Almost I -oft Ont. TOPEKA. Kan.. Dec. 1. The first dramatic presentation of "In His Steps" ever permitted by the author. Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, was given tonight In the Central Congregational Church, of which Dr. Sheldon is pastor, by members of his own Christian En deavor Society and for members of his own congregation. The version given was a dramatisa tion by Professor F. H. Lane, of Wash burn College, under Dr. Sheldon's per aonal supervision. There wss only the merest pretext of stage settings, scen ery -or makeup of characters. By request, thera was no applause. ' The pulpit platform was used as the stage. There was no curtain. Scenes were shifted In the full glare of lights. A few changes were made after the lights had been switched off and the church left In darkness. In spite of the simplicity of the pro duction. -it elicited both laughter and tears from the audience. No admis sion was charged, but entrance tickets were given out beforehand. The church was packed to ita full capacity. The most pretentious scene repre sented a church. The pastor occupied the regular pulpit and the audience oc cupied seats In the front of the church, which had been reserved for the peo ple. A second presentation will be given tomorrow night, without admission charge, for persons other than members of Dr. Sheldon's church. WARBIM COVETS PIE - TACOMAX BEGS M'CREDIE TO LET 1TIM NAME POSTMASTER, Congressman, Astonished, Treats Rcques as Preposterous and Rejects Proposition. OREGONIAN NEWS BCREAU. Wash ington, lec 1. Representative Mc Credle was sstonlahed today when he received a letter from Stanton V- ar burton. Republican Congressman-elect. who will succeed him in the next cons-res, asking to be permitted to name the new postmaster at Tacoma to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Postmaster Votsw. This appointment Is Judge 'MeCredle's by all rules of practice and precedence, as Warburton has no official standing until ne taxes his seat. There ia no ground upon which he csn now claim the right to select post masters, and Judge McCredle will see to it that no Warburton men get Into postofnees in - his district until after March 4. Warburton said he could not support men of MeCredle's choice, and. there fore, wished to make his own selection. Warburton also telegraphed Presi dent Taft and Postmaster-General Hitchcock to the same effect. McCredle has not made up his mind who will be the next postmaster of Tacoma. but he says emphatically it will not bo any man chosen by War burton. ,"GRAFT" REPORT IS MADE Seattle Probers Ajraln Advise Re moval of Wappeostein. SEATTLE. Wash- Dec. 19. The City Council graft Investigating committee, which has een investigating the po lice and lighting departments of the city government for several months, completed Its work and filed Its final report with the Council tonight. This report, which Is an elaboration, ef the partial report Sled several weeks ago, again recommends the dismissal of Chief of Police Wappenstetn. It was adopted with two dissenting votes. As the Council haa no authority over the Chief of police, the report must go to Mayor GUI for approval, and unless he agrees with the committee's find ings. Wappenstetn will remain at tha bead of the police department. Tbe report also recommends that Sergeant Bryant and two patrolmen who were on duty In the restricted dis trict be severely disciplined, if not dis missed from the service, holding that they were either negligent or incom petent. The committee finds that Rtcherd M. Arms, superintendent of lighting, turned away profitable business and sras over-cautious In seeking new con tracts, but exonerates him of the charge of attempting to wreck the mu nicipal light and power plant. Baker County Soil Being Tested. BAKER. Or- Dec IS. Special.) Professor H. D. Ptuller. soil expert from the State Agricultural College at Cor. vallis, arrived In Baker today and Is making a test of the soil from the various proposed sites for the state hospital. Fitted bags and cases. Harris Trunk Co. BOARD IS CHOSEN Unofficial Public Service Com mittee Is Named. COMPLAINTS TO BE HEARD Civic Council's Commission Will Be In Kxislence Until Steps Have Been Taken to Create Regu lar Offk-ial Bodv. The civic Council, at Its regular meeting last night, appointed a com mittee consisting of K. 1 Mills. R. I. Hepburn and L:legate MHler, of the North Rust Sile Improvement Club, to art with F. W. Jobelmann and I 8. Da tie. of the Seventh Ward Improve men league, as an unofficial public service committee. It is proposed to have citlxens present to this body all complaints against .pub lic service corporations for investiga tion and a report. It Is to be In exist ence until such time as steps have been taken to appoint a public service com mission with legal powers. The Initiative was taken by the Sev enth Ward league In selecting Mr. Jobelmann and Mr. Daue. Mr. Mills, it was agreed. Is to act as chairman of the unofficial commission. Railway Officials Approve. The officials of the Portland Rail way. IJght & Power Company, it was stated, have been approached on the subject and have indorsed the plan, preferring to have complaints presented In formal manner and sifted. They bo lieve. it was stated, that a great deal of opprobrium which is often attached to the company as the result of a dis agreeable Incident, may thus be elimi nated. The council passed a resolution, re questing that the city officials do not fail to enforce the penalties incurred by failure to complete work In speci fied time against the Hawthorne bridge contractors Robert Wakefield & Co., and the United Engineering & Construction Company. - The plan to hold next year at Astoria a celebration in honor of the centen nial of the founding of that city by John Jacob Astor, In 1811. was unani mously indorsed. The resolution calls upon the pecple of Portland to lend the project their unstinted moral and finan cial support. Teachers Get Indorsement. Tha action of the Board of Education In proposing an Increase of salaries for the school teachers of the City of Portland, thus putting them on a par with the teachers of other cities of similar slxe and Importance, was In dorsed, and a provision added, request ing that rules similar to those em ployed by civil service commissions be adopted as a standard for the hiring and releasing of teachers. The council adopted the resolutions embodying reforms deemed necessary in the school lawa, prepared by the leg islative committee of the council and presented at a conference between this committee and H. C Campbell and J. V. Peachy of the Board of Education, In the letter's office Thursday after noon. John H. Haak. president of the Civic Council, was delegated to pre sent these resolutions at the taxpayers' meeting. - J. IL Nolta. E. L Mills and R. D. Mer chant were appointed a committee to meet Architect Bennett when he re turns' with his plans for public docks and examine the same, the theory upon which this committee was selected be ing that the taxpayers, aa well as the members of the Public Docks Commis sion, have a right to keep posted on all questions pertaining to public docks. R. A. BOOTH IS ACCUSED Lumber Company- Manager Alleged . to nave Paid Timber Claim Costs. That Robert A. Booth, manager of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, paid four relatives tlOO each to take up land for him tinder the timber and stone act and besides this paid their expenses, amounting to tl49.04, was the testi mony of witnesses yesterday afternoon before George A. Brodle, Commissioner of the General Land Office. - The proceedings are being conducted in the grand jury room of the Federal building in an effort to cancel the pat ent to S8 acres of timber land five miles southeast of Sasrtnaw, Or., the deeds now being held' by the corpora tion or Its stockholders. JCdward Jordan. Stephen Larowe, Alice Larove and Ethel M. Larowe were the persons who took up the claims, proving up early In 1902. Mrs. Myrtle S. Appleton, of Lewlston, Idaho, stepdaughter of Stephen Larowe, said she saw the papers containing the questions which her mother wss to an swer In making final proof. The ques tions were already answered when the papers were received. She thought It strangs, and when she asked her mother about it, she said she was told that Mr. Booth bad sent the papers. Lucy Larowe, who also took up a claim, said that she made two deeds to Booth. For the first she received $100. The second was made In December, 1907, at the tlma of the land-fraud agi tation. Under cross-examination, she said she had received since the second deed was made about $500 on her land and was expecting to receive more. She took up the land for herself, she said, and had made no agreement with any one before filing upon her claim to sell to them. "DRY ZONE" BEFORE TAFT President Will Decide oa Reserva tion Territory tn Minnesota WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. President Taft will decide Wednesday whether the "dry sone" in Minnesota Is to be reduced. Governor Eberhardt talked the matter over with the President frt luncheon today and later there was a conference at the executive offices. In which Secretary Balllnger and members of the Minnesota delegation In Congress participated. Tha boundaries of the Indian reser vation have not been changed for many years and the prohibitory order affect ed a large portion of Minneapolis, Du lutb and several other cities. In fact, it Is claimed the order covers the great er part of the state. - President Taft haa been asked to ex cept the cities affected and to restrict the enforcement of the prohibition clause to the lands Immediately sur rounding the reservation where the In dians live and tha places they fre quent. Porter Charlton Case Postponed. TRENTON. If. J.. Dec The hearing before Judge Rellstab In the Circuit ! Court in the habeas corpus proceedings Instituted with a view to preventing the extradition to Italy of Porter Charlton, wasi postponed this afternoon by mutual consent until January a. OPEN EVENINGS IT'S TIME YOU WERE DOING YOUR CHRISTMAS BUYING ; A man to buy for? Then go where men's things are. We make a business of selling to men; e. ss W J ' a 1 HERE ARE HART SCHAFFNER & MARX Suits and Overcoats. Boys' Suits, Overcoats House Coats, Lounging Robes Suitcases, Handbags Men's Umbrellas Men's Reefers, Mufflers Pajamas -h- Men '8 and Boys' Gloves... .. Neckwear . , . r. - T Suspenders and Ties (in Xmas box) Suspenders, Tie, Garters and Ann Bands the set Fancy Suspenders Initial Handkerchiefs "Wunderhose" (4 pairs in box) Interwoven Hose (4 pairs in Roller Skates or Football Free With Boy's Suit or Overcoat Give a Merchandise Order, He Can Make His Own Selection Sam'l Rosenblatt gr Co. SHIP IS ASHORE IN FOG L.IXER PRIXCE GEORGE IX DAX CEROUS POSITION- Olf BAR. Preparations Made to Haul Vessel Into Deep Water Today Several Tugs In Service. VANCOUVER, B. C.. Dec 19. Hlph and dry on the bar opposite Prospect Point near here, the Grand Trunk Pa clUo's crack liner Prince George, which went ashore In a dense fog early this morning-, la in a dangerous position to night. The problem of keeping her from tipping over has been a serious one. In an attempt to get Inside here on her way from Victoria the Prince George struck a rock on the bar and within one half hour of the time the vessel struck the tide was at its highest and the ship was unable to get off. Preparations are being made to haul the vessel Into deep water tomorrow morning when the tide will be within a foot of its height when the vessel went ashore. Several tugs will be hooked onto her and every possible effort made to move her because tidal conditions will be bet? ter tomorrow than for several days there after. The steamer Is resting on a fairly even keel. At a late hour Groves, the lighthouse keeper at Prospect Point, reported the vessel was still aground, with the tug Fearless standing by. He was unable to see the Prince George through the fog, though the vessel is only 400 yards away. It does not appear that she has been seriously damaged, but as she went on at about the highest point of a very high tide, the task of hauling her off presents some problems. After Ineffect ually attempting to pull her off, the Cana dian Pacific Railway steamer Joan, from Nanalmo, went alongside the Prince George at 11 o'clock tills forenoon and brought off the. Grand Trunk Pacific liner's half dosen passengers, who were coming up from Victoria when the acci dent occurred. Bo slowly was the Prince George poking her noee through the fog at the time that there was no perceptible bump when the vessel stopped. Her engines were re versed, but she would not budge. Then along came the tug Peerless, which took a vain pull at Her. 'MERCHANTS' STOP COMING Royal Commission Finds Falling Off In Arrivals of Cbinese. VANCOUVER, B-. C Dec. 19. (Spe cial.) The first day's session of the Royal Commission appointed by the Do minion government to Investigate al- MiMlfflGIt; f - ri1rsirt1 sjfilgl jfrj rti Jsjsst saaaj riin are linked together. The reason is that at a period when a girl's digestion is weak Scott's Emulsion provides her with powerful nourishment hi easily di gested form. If s the food that builds and keeps up a girl's strength. llMfilUiVlll we know what they like. It s now m $18.00 to &40.00 ..$5.00 to $12.50 ..$4.00 to $15.00 ..$3.50 to $15.00 ..$1.00 'to $10.00 . .$1.00 to $ 4.00 ..$1.50 to $ 5.00 ..$1.00 to $ 3.00 ,...50 to $ 3.00 $1.25 aa- a s a (in Christmas box), ...$2.00 ..$1.00 $2.50 25 to 50 $1.00 box) .. :. .91.00 legod frauds connected with Chinese immigration into this port was begun today and the time was occupied chiefly by discussion of the machinery em ployed by the local officers for register ing Chinese. Tip On, the deposed Interpreter, was not present and it is intimated that he has fled from Canada. It was brought out at the inquiry that since the acting coUector took of fice in October, following the suspen sion of Colonel Bowell, the number of "merchants" entering Vancouver has been greatly reduced, while before that merchants, their- sons, daughters and other relatives were emigrating here In great numbers. It was almost impos sible to keep check on interpreters who examined the Immigrants. The inquiry will take up various lines of customs work and all crooked work found will be made public, say the com mission members. Rate Hearing Postponed. CHICAGO. Dec. 19. Hearing of the so-called "Missouri River" rate case be fore the Interstate Commerce Commis sion was postponed today by Commis sioner Edgar Clarke on petition of the railroads, which, by virtue of the expi ration of the legal suspension time, practically are confronted by new cases and are compelled to bear the burden of proof. Swakopmund Towed Into Port. PT.YM0T7TH, England. Dec. 19. 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