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mm edition EVENING EDITION VOL. 22. im:xi)Li;tox, oim:(;on, tlesdav, novkmijkij ;jo, hkm. NO. 0T5f Fair .d color t- . f t lVgJ? V9 V"-' f V;i W uAsJUVO i D " door EVKRT JJOUNTV OFFICIAL PA PER. --"""CV CITY OFFICIAL L'Al'Bll. NAVY REFORMS INAUGURATED Secretary Meyer Plans Some Sweeping Changes in Navy Department. TUB Kl'ItKAU SYSTEMS WILL UK ALTERED Detriment WIU Uc Put on Business IiuMM Bureau Chiefs Will lie Subordinated Four Advisors Will Ho Cboscii for Personnel, Opera tion, Fleet, and Intiwoctlons Old . Methods MU Ho Abolished. Washington. Nov. 30. Heeding the cry for reform In naval affairs. Sec retary Meyer tomorrow will inaug urate the most sweeping changes In the navy department since the estab lishment of the bureau system In 1842. Himself a former director of banks and manufacturing companies, he hopes to put the department on a business basis beyond the dream of Ills predecessors. The keynote of hli reforms Is the subordination of the bureau chief. Summarized, essential changes In the Meyer plan ar: The selection of four responsible advisors on subjects within tho four groups Into which duties of the de partment fall, to be known as the aide for material, the aide for personnel, the ulde for operations of the fleet, and the aide for inspections T)u grouping of the bureaus Into two divisions of material and per sonnel, accord ng to th nature of their duties. The establishment of a division of operations of the fleet. The establishment of a comprehen sive Inspection system. The establishment of a modern ef ficient cost keeping system. In the navy department nnd at navy yards. The separation of navy yard work Into two divisions of hulls and ma chinery. The abolition of the burenu of con struction and equipment. Give Officers More Influence. Henceforth officers who f ght the ships sre to have more Influence In the navy department. Chosen men from among them arc to be the of ficial eyes and ears of the secretary, laden with full responsibility for their reports, but not his hands. The sec retary will retain h's administrative and executive power for his own ex ercise and that of the assistant secre tary of the navy. All refoi go Into effect December 1. except the aboli tion of the hurenu of equipment which congress alone can do. The aide for operations of the fleet will be Hear Admiral Wehard Waln w'rlght, commander of the third di vision of the Atlantic fleet. The aide for personnel will be Rear Admiral W. P. Potter, now chief of the bureau of navigation. The aide for material will be Hear Admiral William Swift, commandant of the Boston navy yard. The aide for Inspection will be Cap tain Aaron Ward, recently supervisor come a rear admiral on January 9. of the New York harbor, who will be- Captaln Reginald F. Nicholson, a member of the board of inspection and survey, will be made chief of the bureau of navigation, vice Potter. SURVIVORS OF AHGO ARE SAFE IX POUT Astoria, Nov. 30. The lighthouse tinder Manzanita, arrived in port at noon toilay with Captain Snyder and nine other survivors of the wrecked steamer Argn who have been maroon ed at the mouth of the Columbia river since Saturday morning. Mem bers of tho crew slated the wreck fol lowed breaking of the starboard pro peller. JAP COMMISSIONERS SAIL FOR HOME. San Francisco, Nov. 30. Af- ter three months spent In tour- Ing America, the Japanese com- merclal commission sailed today for Japan on tho steamer Chlyo, and Baron Shibosawa, head of the commission, sent the follow- Ing telegram to President Taft: "On the eve of our departure from your shores permit me to submit to you, in behalf of the honorary commercial commls- sioners our profound gratlttide for the courtesies you personal- ly have shown us. It gives me particular pleasure to tender you, M chief executive of the republic, our warm appreciation for the unfailing hospitality ro- celved from all cjasses of your citizens. With wishes for your prosperity, and tho prosperity of your great nation. Baron Shi- busawa." ROCKEFELLER'S LIFE IS IN JEOPARDY Cleveland, Nov. 30. The police to day are Becking for two men said to be implicated In a plot to kidnap ami assassinate John D. Rockefeller. Mes sages have been sent broadcast ask ing tho police of the country to ap prehend the suspects. The Informa tion was furnished to the pol-ce by Sawyer Smith of Minerva, Ohio, who says ho overheard the men talking of a plot In Alliance, Ohio, Sunday night. He says the plotters discussed elabo rate plans for doing away with tho oil king. Rockefeller has abandoned his plan of attending the farewell meeting of the Huclld Avenue Baptist church. The walls of his estate are closely guarded to prevent the ap proach of any stranger from any di rection. ZELAYA APPEALS TO MEXICO FOR HELP Salvador, Republic of , Salvador, Nov. 30. It is reported that when President Zelaya of Nicaragua learn ed of the intention of the Unite States to seek reparation, he vainly appealed to Mexico for help. Cable grams received by the Italian minis ter here from Managua say that Pres ident Zelaya has offered to summon congress and place the presidency In Its hands, thus practically abdicating. FLOODS CARRY AWAY FIVE STEEL BRIDGES NOOSACK RIVER DOES GREAT DAM At, 11 Hallway Bridges in Danger Trarfic Greatly Dcmoi-all! by glides and Washout Skagit River Is Threat ening. Bellingliani, Wash., Nov. 30. Fiv steel bridges, two railway and three v.ugon, ucmss the Nooksack river tiave been carried away within the past thirty-six hours, entailing I10H,-. 000 loss. The railway bridges are Ir danger, ns are three highway bridges. The lUllinglmni Bay and British Co lumbia bridge ut Kverson is said to be undermined and swaying in the cur rnt. When it goes out it will carry a wagon bridge 250 feed down the fiv. er with it. A Jam Is forcing against the Great Northern ' railway bridge at Firmlale, and both railway and county bridges are likely to go out. During the past 4H hours the rainfall has been 2.87 inches. Railway traffic is almost complete ly blocked by slides and washout?'. Hellingbam had but one train yester day, that from the south at noon. The Northern Pacific and the Bellingham Hay nnd British Columbia, are com pletely tied up. More than five miles of the Northern Pacific track Is un der ''water and the bridge across the Nooksack is gone. The Skagit branch of the Great Northern Is -out of commission. Mink 1 r, Hamilton, and Lyman are under water. Two miles of track is gone. The Puget Sound and Raker river railway tracks are washed out. Tho top of the Skagit river dikes Is less than two feet' above the flood and the stream is still rising. There H no hope that the dikes will hold If they break the Great Northern main line will be covered and the whole Skagit delta will bo under wat er. DENIES THAT ZELAYA APIIEALED TO MEXICO Mexico City, Nov. 30. Francisco Castro, Nicaraguan minister to Mex ico, In response to an Injuiry regard ing a rumor last night, said he was not aware of any appeal having been miiiV by President Zelaya of "Nicara gua to tho Mexican government for and. When asked If It were true that Zelaya had made an unsuccessful ap peal to Mexico, Mr. Castro said: "If the report Is true, I know noth ing about It, and I believe, If Presi dent Zelaya. had done so, I would have been informed of such action." Mexican government officials who are In a position to affirm or deny the report refused to be seen last night. Hamilton Jury Completed. Olympla, Wash., Nov. 30. At a night session of the court tho last of the 12 men who will try former Adjutant General Ortls Hamilton on the first of the counts charging him with larceny by embezzlement was se leted. The trial was started this morning before Judge John R. Mitchell of the Thurston county su perior court. News of Roosevelt. Indiana, B. E. A., Nov. JO. The Roosevelt party arrived today from u hunting trip In the Ingunsha plateau district which was .intended to cover several weeks. The game there was abundant and the party Is In excel lent health. , , ROUS 111 WITH Crazed Bricklayer Attacks Family, Killing Wit Slashing Two Others. anc MOTHER AM BROTHER. IN-LAW Cl'T DOWN Angered by Dome-lie Discord Irlsh !!!:.!! Returns lYopi Work nd At lucks I'anilly Around I '1 reside Cuts Wile's Throat and la tally Injure His Mollicr-iii-Law Offers no Itc Hlstamt' to Arrest W hen Police Ar rive. New York, Nov. 30. Angered by domestic discord, alleged to have been caused by dissipation Patrick Rafferty a brick layer, ran amuck at his home today and with a razor killed his wife, Margaret, fatally wounded his wife's mother. Margaret Kelly, and seriously slashed his wife's brother Frank Opland. He then attempted to com mit suicide by slashing his own throat but It Is believed he will recover. Shortly after he left home to go to work. Rafferty returned and found the members of the family gathered about the kitchen fire. Without a warning word he drew a razor and in a burst of maniacal frenzy attai ked his wife, who fell to tho floor, ily'ng with her throat gaping w th a terrific pash from which the blond spurted. The bhwd lust aroused Rafferty and he turned upon Mrs. Kelly. Opland a(ii inpii d to Interfere, but was driv en to a corner c- 1 seriously slashed. Interrupting Mis. Kelly's attempted flight from the rami he beat her to the floor, inflicting probably fatal wounds. Win n the pul'ie arrived RitTcrty 'ns crouched beside his wife's lifeless body, st;'! clusp'iig the gory razor. He offered the police no resistance. MRS. CHRISTY WOII.I) REST IN HOWARD'S ARMS New York. Nov. "n. "If Howard wants to make up nil he has to do Is to t;ike me In his arms and I will forgive everything and forget all our troubles," said Mrs. Howard Chan dler Christy, wife of the artist as she d scussed the Chr sty differences jes ter. She i xprosned "this w illingness when Information that Mr. .Christy had said in Zanesville. Ohio, where he Is con testing the habeas corpus proceed ings brought by h's wife to recover their ten year old daughter. Natalie, that she must take the first steps to ward a reconciliation. Mrs. Christy added that she was willing to do almost anything to ef fect a reconciliation, except go to Zanesville to live. "I do nod want any court proceed ings," Mrs. Christy continued, "nnd the reason I brought them was to get Natalie. T want our little girl, but T want Howard more. We can all be happy together here In the east. "If Howard will only see things In this light we can have a happy Christ mas together." .JAPANESE STEAMER SINKS WITH ALL ON BOARD Toklo. Nov. SO. The .laanesc Liner Kisiigntn Matsii was wrecked off Sblnioiisboi in a torrlflc gale and nil ni bonrd nro reported lost. Twenty-five bodies nre already wa-lied ashore. Wlth more than a quarter of an Inch of additional rainfall last night, the farmers of Umatilla county are still smiling, though many of them have not yet been able to complete their seeding. TJio total rainfall for the month is now 3.58 inches, while that for the wet season Is 5.42 Inches. According to C. A. Pearson, the Freewater real estate man. the pre cipitation in the east end of the coun ty has been Just as heavy and almost as welcome as it has been In the wheat sections. He says they have had more ra-ln up there than they have had before at this season for ten years. ,.He says the rain Is par ticularly welcome to the man who has been setting out young trees for It Is difficult to get the water on the new ground evenly by means of the irrigating ditches. Though practically all the small farmers In this section of the county are through with nil their fall seed ing, many of the larger ones have several acres yet to seed and the work RAINFALLBR1NGSSMILE- TO FACES OF WHEAT GROWERS LEI Hi SELFISH LORDS U,..,, .i A.:. . i in i Ffw Things About Their MisguidedlCoursr. HAVE NO RIGHT TO DISPOSITION OF MONEY Ixn-d Morley Representing Minority In Budget Eight Makes Powerful KimmtIi Says Eyes of Nations Are oil Them Does Not Relieve That British Artisans are Socialists. Warns Pcvrs Against Opiiosltion to Budget. London, Nov. 30. Lord Morley's powerful speech was the absorbing event of the budget debate yesterday In the house of lords. The secretary of state for India dilated on the Im portance of the struggle as viewed at home and abroad, and he called at tention to that fact that foreign na tions were watching anxiously the out come of the conflict to see whether there would be any change in Eng land's fiscal policy. He quoted Burke to the effect that the hou.-e of lords had no right in any HtT.se to the disposition of the public purse, and contended that if there were one thing that could not wisely br submitted to a referendum it was the budget with all Its complexities. In addition, a referendum would weaken what was most important to maintain, a sense of responsibility in the house committee. As to the lords contention that their action woul.i arrest the wave of soc ialism, he r fused to believe that Brit, isb artisans were predatory or soc ialistic, btt, even granting that tht-ni'i-crV x..-ting in some clnses had produced a movement akin to social ism, it was hardly wise for the lords to take up a position exposing them to the charge of straining the con stitution as champions of the rich gainst the poor. "The more triumphant the majority for Lord Lansdowne's amendment." :::i,l Lord Moriey, "the larger the dls parity between the numbers of the vernment nnd the numbers of the opposition, the more flagrant will be the political scandal." Lord Morley concluded his speech with an inpressive warning that, v. hen, tomorrow, the curtain fell on I'll empty house, they would know that the note had been sounded for an angry, and perhaps, a prolonged bat tl. . When the seiretary resumed his sent, the small minority of liberal peers broke into enthusiastic cheers. The Dally Telegraph, which has bee n a firm advocate of the rejection of the budget, makes the significant admission that the moral of the bril liant debate is not that the house of lords should be abolished, or be shorn of the power to veto, which Is essen tial to its existence, but that it should be reconstituted so that its more dis tinguished members should not be swamped in the lobbies by the peers who have never given proof of politi cal capacity. SECURING JURORS FOR TRIAL OF JEFF LEWIS Auburn, Calif., Nov. 30. Seven jur ors have been secured for the trial of Jeff Lewis for killing Ben Sweesy. Both the prosecution nnd defense are of the opinion that the panel will be complete, and the taking of testimony Is progressing rather slowly, AH of thein nr0 too busy rejoicing ' in the heavy rainfall to worry about their inability to get their grain In the ground, however. According to the estimates made this morning local buyers and far mers, fully 75 per cent of the fall seeding Is completed, possibly more. Owe week of clear weather would probably wind up the business. It Is estimated that fully 80 or S5 per cent of the 190!) wheat crop has now passed from the hands of the ; -rowers. The comparatively small amount that yet remains In the hands of the growers will probably be held until the seeding Is completed or un tlll the dollar mark Is reached for club. The buyers are still quoting P0 cents but first class wheat would probably find a ready sale at the mills at a price considerably In ad vance of that figure. Bluestem Is be ing quoted at Jl 03 bu4 . If there is any left In the country it Is evidently not for sale. started tomorrow or Thursday. Lewis killed Sweesy in a local saloon, be cause of his alleged Intimacy with his daughter Ida, aged nineteen. The young woman Is wanted badly by the prosecution, but efforts to locate her have proved fruitless. It is believed she is hiding with Oregon relatives. JOHNSON WONT FIGHT SOUTH OF MASON AND DIXON IJNE Savannah, Ga Nov. 30. --That he would not fight James J. Jeffries south of the Mason and Dixon line was the statement made yesterday In a telegram to Manager Nick Aprea of a Savannah Athletic club by Jack Johnson, heavyweight pugilist, in an swer to the latttr's offer of a purse for the battle. WIRELESS SAYS AMERICANS WERE. NOT EXECUTED New Orleans. Nov. 30. In the face of positive advices from Nicaragua that the Americans Groce end Cannon had been executed, officers on board the steamship Atenas, which arrived here late, yesterday, were at a loss to understand a wireless message which It was reported that vessel picked up three days ago stating that the Americans had not been execut. ed. There was nothing to indicate the origin of the message. The wireless operator could not be located last night and those on board the vessel said that the exact wording of the message was not known to them. IN ASSAULTS GIRL ENTICES HER TO OFFICE AND ADMINISTERS DRUG Girl II Years of Agf, Employed In Candy Store, Victim of Lust of Wealthy Man With Promise of Position He Lured Her to Den, Where He Worked His Will. Los Angeles, Nov. 30. C. F. Bab cock, president of the Babcock Ad vert isiig company, was jailed today, charged with criminally assaulting pretty Mecca Byler. aged 14, who supports her invalid mother. Ac cording to the girl's allegations Bab cock, who Is prominent in society cir cles, enticed her to his office, prom ising her more lucrative employ ment. There, the girl alleges, Bab cock insisted she drink a glass of wine. When she awoke an hour la ter she claims the office was desert ed. With a sob-choked voice the girl made the following statement: "I am employed at the Pin Ton candy store and had seen Mr. Bab- cock several times. On November . , 20 he asked me if I were satisfied with my present position and I replied that I would like more money. He said he had a good position and re quested that I go to his office. I went. He was drinking and started to talk about the position. He kept pressing a glass of liquor upon me and I finally drank It. Then I had no recollection of what occurred. When I awoke I was lying on the floor and it was miserably dark. My clothing was disarranged and torn." The girl produced a torn garment, to be used as evidence. Every effort was made to keep the matter secret, as Babcock is engaged to marry soon BURGLAR CAUGHT WHILE WORKING AT SAFE San Francisco, Nov. 30. Following :i desperate midnight struggle in the Lacri saloon on Market street, a safe cracker giving the name of James Rogers Is a prisoner in the city jail today. Policeman Murphy discovered tho man kneeling at the saloon safe quietly working by the light of a bulls eye lantern. Murphy and two other policemen entered the room. Rogers t niggled desperately, but was finally overpowered and a search of his room revealed a complete set of burglars tools. When the man was searched at tho police station several letters address ed to John Rennet Rogers, 1123 First Ave., Seattle, were found, also two checks on the Puget sound bank for $15.1)00 and 1.000 respectively were drawn in Rogers' favor. Letters from Rogers' wife and a post card were also found as well as a life Insurance policy payable to her. Rogers refused to give an account of himself. BANDITS TURN HOLD TRICK AND ESCAPE Butte. Mont.. Nov. 30. A search is being conducted today for six bandits who entered a store at Collins, near here, and lining six clerks and custom, ers along the walls, gathered their valuables. While four robbers guard ed their victims, two looted the safe of a thousand dollars and all escaped. BURLINGTON ADOPTS COMMIS. SIO FORM OF GOVERNMENT Burlington, Iowa. Nov. 30. Bur l'ngton yesterday adopted the com mission form of city government bv a vote of 263S to 1268. SAD DAY FOR PliITi Alabama Voters Reject the Amendment Offered by the Anti-Saloon Element. PILE UP MAJORITY OF ALMOST TWENTY THOUSAND Prohibition Made State Wide Issue by Constitutional Amendment ON fercd by Anti-Saloon Advocates Defeat of Measure Is Decisive Intense Excitement Prevails at the Polb Minister . Reprimand Girl Soliciting for votes. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 30. All in dications point to a majority of be tween 16,000 and 20,000 in Alabama against the prohibition constitutional amendment yesterday. Chairman J. Lee Long, who has been in charge of the fight against the amendment, claims that the ma jority will be fully 20,000. Early returns Indicated a landslide against the amendment and succeed ing bulletins fully boie out the early ind.cations. Jefferson county. In which Is Bir mingham, the largest city in the state, gave a majority of mora than 1000 against the amendment Mobile, Montgomery and Cullman counties show the largest majorities on the victorious side, and apparently the amendment carried In only three counties, Falladega, Macon and Sum ter, with Lee in doubt. Yesterday's election cannot be re garded as a straight anti:prohibition victory. Its association w.th, the ad ministration of Governor Comer and his reported ability to name a succes sor to the go'vernorship in Judge S. N. Kley, author of the prohibition b.lls, have figured prominently in the re sult. A significant feature of the result is the fact that sentiment against the amendment is so widespread. Rural districts, small towns and cities, for the most part, returned substantial majorities on the winning side. A fact of especial interest in the elec tion was that it was the first time in the h. story of the state that an ex pression of the whole electorate had. betn obtained on prohibition. The state-wide prohibition bill was passed by a legislature elected on a local option platform. In Birmingham the election was the most exciting ever witnessed here. Hundreds of oeoul,. rr.v .dori I p-eh nollino- niae -m I M O WW, "VlHVll AIIVI VU1I" dren sang. and brass bands stationed by the anti-amendment forces played patriotic airs. As an instance of the deep feeling displayed a prominent minister went to the polls and a young woman at tempted to pin a white ribbon upon him. The minister declined, telling i her that he considered it improper for young ladies to speak to men on the streets whom they did not know. The woman began crying and the minister apologized for hurting her feelings but he said he considered the polling places improper places for the young women to be. The affair was widely discussed all over the city. Oscar Hall, tax commissioner of .Bald win county, fell dead at his home a few moments after voting for the amendment. Physicians said death was due to heart failure induced by excitement. DEAD MAN DR1YES THROUGH COUNTRY 2 DAYS Chico. Calif., Nov. 30. After lying lifeless for two days in a carriage scat, with the stiffened hands grasp ing the reins, the body of Silas Stock- ;wcil. an aged Butte farmer, was taken '. hi mo today. The horse, hitched to ! Sio-kwcll's liht bu.gy traveled ar- lotind the country forty eight bours be- fore It was found with Its master dead. He died of heart failure. I ! i !: i i I i ! JOHNSON REV I IRS I IS TABLES ON POLICE New York, Nov. 30. Reclin ing In an easy chair on the Brooklyn police court. Jack Johnson grinned his golden smile while Magistrate Dooley read a lecture to the patrolman who arrested the pugilist. John son announced from a burles que stage that he would fight Sam Lnngford within 30 days, providing Lnngford would post J 10.000 side bet. Patrolman Gardner Immediately arrested the negro claiming be had vio lated a provision of the penal code forbidding the issuance of prize fight challenges. The magistrate ruled Johnson had not violated the law and scored the officer for his action. i ' '! - it il i I i ' , i i ' i .-t t 1 1 t l-l t : i . f. i i ' f 1 '' r i ' '.' , ' ; ' f , ! i h hi ( A i , t