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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 190.
CONCERNING HERETICS.
The condemnation of Dr. Crapsey fop
heresy and his final retirement from
the "Episcopalian ministry have re
awakened discussion of the question
whether heresy trials benefit or injure
the cause of religion. Many devout
people feel serious misgivings upon the
subject. They Incline to the opinion
that the loss from such disturbances of
the peace of the religious world exceeds
the gain. This, for example, is the view
of Dr. Henry Preserved Smith, himself
a famous heretic, who speaks from sad
experience. In The Independent for
December 6 Dr. Smith points out that a
heresy trial almost necessarily results
in a conviction because It turns on ec
clesiastical law and according to the
strict letter of the-law of any and every
church a 'man who departs from the
straight limits of -the creed Is a heretic
and merits whatever penalty the church
is able to Inflict.
In the strict course of legality every
church la absolutely bound to an inflex
ible creed and to an unchanging Inter
pretation of it. Progress is always un
lawful from the ecclesiastical point fit
view. It is also illogical; for each de
nomination claims to have found a sys
tem of eternal truth, and to speak of
Improving such truth is absurd. One
might as well try to improve the rule
for finding the area of a circle or the
Pythagorean theorem. If the creeds of
the churches were true a thousand
years ago they are true today. The
progress of science and the Advance
ment of the human mind have nothing
to do with the question. Progress and
advancement have never disturbed
Archimedes' rule for finding specific
gravities. It is accepted today exactly
as he laid it down, and it will continue
to be thus accepted until the end of
time.
To be definite, if the statement that
Jesus was born of & virgin .was ever
true it is still true. The lapse of time
cannot affect it any -more than it oan
effect other historical facts. A man
either believes it or he disbelieves it.
There is no middle course possible. One
cannot say that he believed Columbus
discovered America in 1492 in a sym
bolical or ethical sense while he denies
it as an actual event. Neither can Dr.
Crapsey honestly say that he believes
Jesus was born of a virgin spiritually
while at the same time he does not be
lieve it physically. The proposition 1b
clear, definite and unmistakable. Either
Jesus had an earthly father or he had
not. Dr. Crapsey believes that he had
an earthly father. The church believes
that he had not. To reconcile these
two views is impossible. The attempt
to do so is sheer word juggling which
conduces neither o Intellectual profit
nor spiritual edification.
From the ecclesiatlcal point of view
the man who accepts progressive opin
ions is both Illegal and Illogical. Truth
cannot progress. New truth can be
discovered;.. but no new truth can be
discovered which conflicts with old
truth. When such a case seems to
arise it is because either the new or
the old is not truth. Between the
two repositions, both of which are"
true, conflict is impossible. The state
ment that Jesus was born of a virgin
must be accepted' exactly as It reads
or it cannot be accepted at all. It is
"true or it is false, and there the matter
must end for an honest mind. A church
which permits its ministers to modify
its creed thereby tacitly admits that it
has not received a system of eternal
truth. To tolerate the slightest taint of
doubt upon a single article of a creed is
to confess the Invalidity of the whole.
No creed is stronger than Its weakest
part.. The origin of its every statement
is identical. It all comes from the same
source. That source Is supposed to be
the Almighty. He Is said to have re
vealed the creed, not some fractions of
it, but the whole of it. Every item
stands on the same basis. The author -.
ity of each and every part is the same,.
It must stand or rail in us entirety.
The Alnfighty In making a revelation
cannot be supposed to exhibit a set of
statements some of which are true and
some false. If some parts of the creed
are false, which ones are they? Had
the Almighty done such an incredible
thing as to Intermingle truth and false
hood In our creeds, surely he would
have) given us some means of discrim
inating between them. He would not
have left such a very important matter
to the fallible and uncertain Intellects
of our Crapseys and Preserved Smiths.
That the dogma of the virion birth Is
an essential part of the Episcopalian
creed the church authorities all agree.
Even Dr. Briggs of Union Theological
Seminary, another diertingufeshed here
tic, asserts unequivocally that such
ie the fact. Dr. Crapsey denies the
virgin birth. He says that Jesus must
have had an earthly father. The church
saye one thing.. Dr. Crapsey saye the
opposite. The church declares that its
view comes directly from the Almighty.
Dr. Crapsey makes no such claim for
his opinion. He quotes no higher au
thority for it than the fallible human
intellect. The antagonism between him
and the church is flagrant and irrecon
cilable. In denying i one Item of the
creed he denies the whole, for. he Im
peaches Its Inspiration. The church
does well, therefore, lo speed his de
parture, and one is constrained to add,
he does well to take it. - ,
FRANCHISE-GRABBERS IN PORTLAND.
Two seta of franchise-grabbers have
"buncoed" Portland In the last three
years the one home talent, the other
Imported from Los Angeles. The pur
poses of each were the same to capi
talize for millions of dollars the free
granted use of the streets, sell out and
put the millions in their pockets. Home
talent "turned the trick" and cleaned
up $4,000,000. The Los Angeles talent
was "frozen .out" after securing the
franchises, and is in a fair way to be
beaten out of $100,000 which it put into
the-scheme and $100,000 bond which it
gave the city.
The strangers from California imag
ined Portland was "easy." And so it
was, as the franchise loot of the local
grabbers made evident. But in sup
posing themselves the equal of the
Portland plutocrats and scions of first
families, who put 'the $4,000,000 Job
through the City Council and the State
Legislature, they erred. The home
gang contained artists more finished.
They knew how to play the game of
filching franchises from the public, un
der the guise of disinterestedness and
righteousness and of "realizing" the
profits. While the Imported stock evi
dently knew some of the tricks of "bun
coing" a City Council, they were not
clever enough in other respects to
"make good." They have nothing,
while home talent has a princely sum
of money.
And now what Is it natural to expect
that the local grabbers are saying? That
the Los Angeles men were moneyless
sharpers? That the scheme of the
strangers was to rab franchises and
sell out? That they city has been "taken
in" by mountebanks? That the Coun
cil and the Mayor should! have known
better than to allow the public to be
thus outraged? Tes, these are the sen
timents of the $4,000,000-grab plutocrats.
It's a case of the pot calling the kettle
black. '
Evidently they think the public has
forgotten their grab and their deals
with the Matthews political machine in
the Portland Council and the Oregon
Legislature. The blanket franchises
put through the City Council in Decem
ber, 1902, and January, 1903; delay in
enactment of the new charter in the
Legislature In January, 1903, until one
of them should pass the Council and
the Mayor, in order to escape restric
tions of the new charter; consequent
consolidation of the two streetcar sys
tems and high capitalization of the
franchises; election of A. L. Mills to the
Legislature, through a deal with .the
Matthews machine, and to the Speak-?
ership in January, 1905, in order to se
cure enactment of a law validating the
franchise transfers thus far made; and
then the sale of the consolidated car
system in June, 1905, for $6,000,000 of
which $4,000,000 was for franchises
these matters and their many details
are not forgotten. Portland has been
"worked to a finish" by franchise
mongers. Home grabbers have proved
themselves no better than imported
ones; in fact, the public has suffered
more from the local brand.
The city will have a claim against
the United Railways and its bondsmen
for $100,000 penalty, should it not carry
out its franchise contract. The city
will proceed to collect, in that event,
and should do so. But it has no way
of collecting penalty from the men who
pocketed the $4,000,000 at Its expense.
MONEY TIGHT, SECRETARY EASY.
In his congratulatory letter to Secre
tary Shaw the President 6ays:
People tend to forget year by year that
the Secretary of the Treasury stands be
tween them and business disaster. This re
port of yours shows how every year some
crisis has occurred which might feave had
the most serious effects if It had not been
met just as you met it.
This statement appeared in a Wash
ington dispatch printed on the fourth
page In yesterday's Oregonlan. On the.
fifteenth page of the same Issue it was
announced in the market reports that
the New York stock market was boom
ing in response to the relief given by
the Secretary of the Treasury. In
other words, the Wall-street gamblers
who had "overplayed" themselves and
had been driven to the high-priced
money sharks for call loans at enor
mous rates were, with the aid of the
"Secretary of the Treasury, enabled to
continue their plunging. The legiti
mate operations of trade and finance
very seldom, if ever, bring about such
a "crisis" as Secretary Shaw Is com
plimented for relieving. Instead they
are brought about by overispeculation
by gamblers.
No business man engaged in legiti
mate buying and selling of any com
modity can stand the strain of call
money at from 10 to 50 per cent, and
even higher, as Is not infrequently the
case when an active market is In evi
dence. But the stock gambler, who
buys and sells on margins, is no more
appalled by such rates than he would
be if toe were borrowing this call
money for the purpose of playing faro
bank, where 100 per cent profit is a cer
tainty if one is lucky enough to win.
The people that profit by the accommo
dating system followed by Secretary
Shaw do not "tend to forget" that the
Secretary stands between them and
business disaster. On the contrary,
they know almost to a certainty that he
can be depended upon to come to their
relief.
It has been openly charged by the
New York papers on nearly every occa
sion when there is a stringency in the
money market that some of the heavi
est financial institutions In the street
aid in bringing on these flurries by call
ing in 6 and 7 per cent loans in the
morrrhvg and- with the stringency thus
created relendlng their funds at exor
bitant advances later in the day. These
artificially created, crises are unworthy
of the assistance of the Government,
and when assistance is given them it
acts as encouragement for illegitimate
speculation. On more than one occa-
slon It has been reported that the Gov
ernment would relieve the stringency
by the redemption of a portion of -the
1907 4 per cents. As these are not very
attractive holdings in prosperous times,
when money, even for legitimate en
terprise, is in demand at good rates,
there are certain interests in Wall
street that would like to unload on the
Government and would do all in their
power to create the emergency which
could be used as an excuse for redeem
ing these bonds with Interest not yet
earned.
Aside from every other consideration,
it is not at all In keeping with Ameri
can policy that one man should have
such enormous power as to admit of his
juggling the vast wealth of the Na
tional Treasury as Secretary Shaw
must when he "stands between them
(the people) and business disaster."
The United States is in- need of a more
flexible currency and a less flexible Sec
retary of the Treasury. '
ANOTHER DREAMER.
More than roost men of his generation
Mr. Roosevelt has reason to agree with
the Psalmist's cry that all men are
liars. No sooner does he convict one
double-tongued rogue than another ap
pears. Judge Parker, late Democratic
candidate .for President, is the last to
enter the lists and compete for the
laurels of Ananias.
He found his opportunity in a rumor
that Mr. Roosevelt wishes the Repub
lican campaign committee to make res
titution of the contributions which It
received from the Insurance companies,
Mr. Parker takes this as an admission
from the President that the committee
received such contributions, and there
upon he deftly slips, in his fairy tale.
The Judge says that he charged the
committee with receiving these contri
butions during the campaign and that
Mr. Roosevelt then solemnly denied it.
As a matter of fact, nothing of the
kind happened, as the New York Trib
une clearly points out. Mr. Parker
charged, not that the committee was
receiving contributions from corpora
tions, but that it was using the
power of the Department of Commerce
and Labor to blackmail the corpora
tions, which seems to be something
very different. Nor did Mr. Roosevelt
deny that the corporations had contrib
uted to the campaign fund, though he
did emphatically deny the accusation
of profiting by blackmail.
.There has been more or less evidence
heretofore that . Judge Parker's con
science la of tte strictly legal variety.
It permits him to do or say anything
whatever that will benefit his cllentn,
and among his, clients he Includes him
self. Perhaps it is natural for, him to
cherish resentment against the man
who defeated him so badly, but he is
unwise to permit his anger to betray
him into falsehood; for in our day the
liar and the scandal-monger have met
with no more courageous and deter
mined foe than our valiant President.
NEW BANKING LAW.
Th bitter experience ' which Oregon
suffered through the laxity- of our
banking laws, or, to be more accurate,
the absence of any laws governing the
operation of the custodians of the peo
ple's funds, has not yet been forgotten,
and there will accordingly be consider
able Interest taken in the new bill
which will be presented at the forth
coming session of the Legislature. The
necessity for close supervision of bank
ing operations is much greater during
prosperous times like those with which
we are now favored than it is when
money is less plentiful and the specu
lative fever less rampant. The average
man is inclined to optimism, and for
that reason during4 times of "easy
money" is prone to take chances which
a little more stringency in the laws
would make impossible.
There is, of course, a much greater
degree of solidity and permanency in
the present prosperity than in any pre
vious era of good times, but that does
not obviate the necessity for providing
a law which will minimize the chances
which both the banks and the speculat
ors are taking. The "bill proposed by
the Oregon Ba.nkers' Association has
been sent over the state, for the con
sideration of the bankers as well as
others who are interested, and between
now and the time final action Is neces
sary thece ought to be a pretty definite
knowledge as to its merits or demerits
and plenty of time for correcting any
defects which may be pointed out. An
exceptionally valuable feature of the
proposed law is the clause which for
bids the loaning of money by any bank
to any officer or employe of the bank
without approval of a majority of the
directors or the executive committee,
and in case of dishonesty each, approv
ing director is made personally liable
for the shortage.
Another-excellent provision against
real estate speculation with bank funds
Is found in the clause which prohibits
the purchase and sale of real estate
only, under certain conditions, which
are such as to eliminate most of the
risk attached to such real estate specu
lation. Severe penalties are provided
for breaches of commercial faith in the
handling of banking funds, and to all
appearances the law as now outlined
will be of material aid in protecting'
both banks and their patrons.
INCREASING MEAT TRADE.
Numerous experiments conducted at
agricultural colleges in the West have
demonstrated beyond question that
whenever the price of wheat declines
below 60 cents per bushel there to more
profit in feeding it to hogs when the
market for pork is normal than in sell
ing it as .wheat. By some authorities
the figure is place'd much higher, some
experiments In this" state a few years
ago proving that with hogs selling
around 6V cents per pound wheat was
worth, for fattening purposes, nearly 90
cents per buehelr-a figure much above
1110 avtrrasv lux luo jjubi uuxeu ytiiirB,
That the advantage of feeding cereals
to livestock and then marketing the
stock is becoming more fully realized
by the farmers of the entire country Is
shown by the official figures on the ex
ports of meat and dairy products for
the year now drawing to a close.
Exports of these products will this
year, for the first time on record, ex
ceed $250,000,000, a gain of more than 60
per cent in ten years. That this heavy
gain in meat products is largely due to
the increased amount of feeding of cer
eals is demonstrated quite clearly by
the fact that the decline in shipments
of breadstuffs has been in similar ratio
to the increase in shipments of meat
and dairy products. In 1898 this coun
try exported breadstuffs to the value of
$334,000,000, -but for the twelve months
now nearly closed the total will Barely
reach $200,000,000. There is, of course,
comparatively little feeding of wheat to
hogs in the Middle West, where low
rates to the seaboard and a good mill
ing demand enable farmers to get the
best possible prices, but throughout the
corn belt there is an increasing amount
of corn converted into "pork. Our ex
ports of corn ran up as high as $209,000,
000 In 1893, and from the same figure In
1900 dwindled to less than 100,000,000
bushels, although last- year's enormous
crop brought the exports for the fiscal
year ending June 30 up to 117,000,000
bushels, an amount considerably in ex
cess of that which will be shown in the
final returns for the calendar year now
ending.
That the size of the crop and the
prices paid have not been factors ' of
consequence in Influencing this change
In the form of marketing the corn is
clearly illustrated by the average price
of the grain, which in 1898 and 1899,
"when exports were heaviest, was but 36
and 39 cents per bushel, while this year
the average export price has been hov-'
ering around 60 cents per bushel. The
results in this change In the methods
of. marketing the greatest crop in the
country could not be otherwise than to
the advantage of the farmers. It has
enabled them to get the products, of
their corn fields to market in a far
more economical manner from the
freight, standpoint than by the old
method of paying freight on a vastly
greater bulk of corn before it is trans
formed Into pork or dairy products.
It also enables the American packers
to give employment to an increased
number of operatives. The United
States - can well afford to drop out of
the ranks of large grain exporting
countries If by so doing we can make
such astonishing gains in other direc
tions. Our farmers as well as, the coun
try as a whole will be much better off
when all of our corn is exported in the
fornt of meat products and all of our
wheat that is not needed at home goes
out In the form of flour.
Captain Bodflsh, of the whaler Will-
lam Bayllss, has been acquitted in Se
attle, where he was on trial for mur
dering a sailor in the far north. An
other charge of cruelty to a seaman
awaits him, but as he has escaped con
viction on the more serious charge, it
lie Ti :i T-H ' v nrnhahla that i o Vi
troubled by the other. Thce was more
than a smattering of truth in Rudyard
Kipling's sealer's observation that
"never a law of God or man got north
of fifty-three," and some drastic pun
ishment Is undoubtedly administered by
brutal captains. It should be remem
bered, however and the Federal Court
a Seattle has probablv made due allow
ance for the fact that loving words
and pink-tea etiquette are hardly the
proper things to use with such men as
go before the mast on whaling voyages.
The character or the disposition of any
man is not improved by being cooped
up for months and years in the Ill
smelling forecastle of a whaler, and
stern discipline is necessary to keep
some of them in check.
It is evident that the Oregon City
School Board intends to Impress on the
youth of its industrious town that a
"licking" is no every-day affahr. Un
der the new ruling the bad boy must
wait till tne next day to receive It, and
then only at the hands of the superin
tendent and in the presence of wit
nesses. How times have changed since
the rod and arithmetic went hand in
hand toward the moral and intellectual
uplift of the Nation. Discipline is
necessary, now as then. Parents are
often delinquent, oftener easygoing and
careless. Still the formal sentence of a
refractory boy to punishment by the
tawse, and its more formal execution,
is tinged with too deep a shade of hu
miliation always to have a salutary ef
fect. Prompt whipping as the natural
sequence of disobedience, and no fuss
about it, served the past generation
quite as well as the newer method
promises to serve the young Americans
now in knee breeches.
The German Reichstag Is confronted
with the problem whether or not it is
best to maintain a large fighting force
in Southwest Africa The conservative
element, which is not impressed with
the value of some of the Emperor's ter
ritorial possessions in distant lands,
seeks to reduce the force in Southwest
Africa from 12,000 to 2500 men. As the
latter number would be insufficient to
cope with the natives, the Emperor de
mands that the necessary appropria
tions for the larger number be forth
coming. There are a great many black
men in Darkest Africa who would
probably live Just as well and die Just
as happy had they never been discov
ered by Germany or any other Euro
pean power. For this reason, the with
drawal of the German troops will not
causeweeping and wailing among the
African natives.
Congressman Cuehman's bill of fare
for luncheon . to the Alaska delegates
shows his democratic tastes. Corn beef
and cabbage Is a wholesome, nourish
ing, inexpenslver dish. Our Washington
dispatches very properly specified a
part of the menu, but there is signifi
cant silence concerning oyster cocktails
or the liquid variety.
It must be gratifying to every Amer
ican to learn officially that no death
has occurred on the Panama Canal
work since last July. We have learned
a. lot from the Japanese on the subject
of sanitation. Here Is one reason for
the immunity from fatal disease.
Through the high rates for fire insur
ance Portland is helping domestic and
foreign corporations to pay for San
Francisco losses. In common with the
remainder of the country.-we will prob
ably have to meet the assessment sev
eral years.
Some humorous real estate man sug
gests that Seattle and Portland work
together for each other's interests.
When the Columbia River bridge at
Vancouver is finished, why pot consol
idate the two cities under the najne of
Utopia?
For scientific research next year, the
Carnegie Institute has appropriated
$660,000. Why not devote a part of it
to teaching hens to lay one egg a day
when the product sells at 45 cents a
dozen?
The Government has bought a war
balloon whose capacity is 80,000 cubic
feet of gas. Some such thing has been
needed since Colonel James Hamilton
Lewis left Washington.
Good luck to the Pacific Ocean Expo
sition to be held in San Francisco in
1913. . Its greatest exhibit will be the
new San Francisco.
In holding up confirmation of Cabi
net appointments, is the Senate trying
to discipline the President?
Full franchise for the Porto Ricans?
President Roosevelt says they know
how to use it, but do they?
TRACKS
Nebogatoff Conrt-Martlal Excludes
Evidence Ships Were Rotten.
ST. PETERSBURG, Deo. 12. Vlce-
Admlral Rojestvensky was placed on
the stand today in the trial by court-
martial of Rear-Adrnlral Nebogatoff, In
an attempt to bring out testimony as
to the unfitness for battle of Neboga-
toff's squadron, which the defense hith
erto had vainly endeavored to intro
duce. - .
The anticipated sensational charges
of fraud in the building and fitting out
of the ships were barred by a ruling
of the court that all evidence before the
day of the Battle of the Sea of Japan
was Incompetent and counsel for Nebo
gatoff was unable to establish ariy de
fectiveness in the Russian shells or am
munition. When Rojestvensky was
asked if. in view of the condition of
Nebogatoff's squadron, any alternative
but surrender was possible, ne request
ed permission not to reply.
Death Sentence on Rebel Leaders.
EKATERINOSLAV. South Russia. Dec
12. -Court martial here today imposed the
death sentence on eight leaders of the
armed uprising of December last, the
object of which was the establishment of
a military republic in Eka'terlnoslav Pro
vince. Many others who participated in.
the revolt were condemned to the mines
for life.
SEATTLE TO GRAY'S HARBOR
Company Asks Franchise and Will
' Build Electric Road.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec. VL (Special.)
-All rumors of a possible electric road
from Gray's Harbor to Pu'get Sound
were made clear tonight by the Intro
duction in the Council of an ordinance
asking for franchises for streets on the
South Side for the Puget Sound Electric
Railway Company. The company has
surveyedfc route to Tacoma and Seattle
and has secured the right ot way. Thirty
acres of land was recently purchased'
here for terminals.
Gray's Harbor, Seattle and Tacoma
capitalists are back of the proposition.
The ordinance will be considered at a
special meeting of the Council tomorrow.
Dairymen Elect Officers.
ASHLAND. Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.)
E. T. Judd. of Marion County, was elect
ed president of the Oregon Dairymen's
Association at today's session. A. T.
Buxton, of Washington County, was
chosen first vice-president, and D. Per
rozl of Ashland," second vice-president.
F. L. Kent was re-elected secretary and
treasurer. There was a lifrgely increased
attendance at today's session, which con
cluded the 15th annuaj meeting.
The feature of the day's meeting was
the address by E. H.' Webster, of the
dairy division of the Department of Agri
culture at Washington. He urged the
dairymen "of Oregon to improve their
dairy herds by using the best stock ob
tainable to make the greatest possible
profits out of the great dairying industry
in this state.
Conference of Gralnbujers.
BERLIN, Dec. 12. As a consequence
of the international movement among
buyers of American grain to compel
American sellers to change the terms
of the standard grain contract, repre
sentatives of the German, Belgian,
Spanish and Swedish Chambers of Com
merce met on the Bourse here today
to consider taking common action. The
idea Is to make American sellers re
sponsible for the laying down of meri
chantable grain at European ports, in
stead of, as in the standard contracts,
placing the loss upon the European
buyer if the grain arrives in bad con
dition. The controversy turns princi
pally upon corn, although wheat is also
considered. It was decided to confer
with the British Chamber of Com
merce. Gillette Taken to Prison.
HERKIMER, N. Y., Dec. 12. Chester
E. Gillette was taken from the jail to
day by Sheriff Klock and a deputy and
started for Auburn State Prison at noon.
While waiting at the railroad station.
Gillette was surrounded by. a crowd.
Mrs. Gillette consented to remain be
hind to avoid possible scenes on the way
and she was promised that she might
visit her son tomorrow. She will go to
Auburn tonight. Mrs. Gillette had a
farewell breakfast with Chester in his
cell and Just at the close of the visit
the mother became hysterical.
"I can stand it no longer," she shouted
and a guard led her to another part of
the Jail. An hour later she went back
to her son's cell and bade him farewell.
Jews to Be Brought West.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12. Realizing the
necessity of doing something to relieve
congested conditions of the Jewish quar
ters of Chicago, New York and other
large cities, leading New York Jews are
planning to divert Jewish immigration to
the West.
Jacob Schiff, the Now York banker, who
Is In Chicago at the present time, dis
cussed the subject yesterday with Judge
Julian W. Mack. The plan contemplates
the organizing of an association to be
financed by Mr. Schiff and other leading
American Jews, which will undertake to
send Jewish Immigration to the South
and to the extreme Western part of the
country.
Forrester Will Surrender.
DENVER, Deo. 12. Robert Forrester,
geologist of the Utah Fuel Company, in
dicted by the Federal grand Jury at Salt
Lake in connection with alleged coal land
frauds, arrived in Denver today and an
nounced to reporters who called on him
that he would surrender to the Federal
authorities here and give bonds.
United States District Attorney Earl M.
Cranston said this afternoon that he had
been notified by attorneys for Mr. For
rester that he would surrender here and
give bonds tomorrow morning.
Navy Needs More Drj docks.
.WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. In the opinion
of Rear-Admiral Mordecai Endicott. Chief
of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, whose
annual report 'was made public today.
there is urgent need for additional dry
docks. The establishment of a docking
station on the South Pacific Coast1 is
again recommended. Admiral Endicott
regards as the most Important item in
the bureau estimates the increase recom
mended for the maintenance of navy
yards.
Christmas Gifts for Navy.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 12-Christmas
boxes and parcels for the enlisted men of
the Navy serving in Cuban waters will
be delivered without cost if they are ad
dressed in charge of the depot Quarter
master, Newport News, Va. All such
packages should be distinctly addressed
and plainly marked "Christmas Pack
age. Similar arrangements were re
cently made for the Philippine service.
Dangerous Counterfeit Issued.
NEW YORK. Dec. 12. One of the best
counterfeits that has recently come to
the notice of the Government authorities
found its way to the sub-Treasury yester
day. It is a $10 silver certificate bearing
the Buffalo imprint. The back of the bill
is even a closer counterfeit of the one
inal bill than the face, but both are good
enough to deceive any but experts.
COVERS GRAFTERS'
EVADED WIDOW'S WILES.
Arizona Gold Mine Owner Pursued
by Designing Woman.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12. The Chronicle to
day says that the story of a man who has
traveled half way around the world ana
most of the distance on foot to escape
the wiles of a woman who ho asserts has
matrimonial aspirations in which he fig
ures as the prospective husband was un
folded to the Chicago police yesterday.
The tale in which a flight from tne
United States to Germany and back to
this country again was included, was re
lated bv John Novatne, half-owner of a
gold mine near Prescott. Ariz. Novatne
arrived in Chicago with but 15 cents in
his pocket after having walked an dui
seven miles of the distance from New
York. He is now 66 years of age; first
came to the United States in 1897, and
went immediately to the gold fields of
Arizona, where, he asserts, he later ac
quired a half interest in one of the larg
est mines in that section. Then, accord
ing to his story, he returned to Austria,
where he recounted his good fortune J
relatives and friends. Again he came to
the United States, but upon his second
return to his native country Novatne's
love affair began, as did also his subse
quent financial misfortunes.
'I was in a care at Paris one nignt.
he said yesterday, "when I made the ac
quaintance of a young woman a widow
who at once fell desperately in love with
me. I returned the affection at the time.
but I soon grew suspicious, for she asked
so many personal questions. She wanted
to know the value of my mine, and want
ed to know exactly how much money I
was worth, then she suddenly proposed
marriage. I was surprised at the offer.
but she insisted. 'I will marry you
whether you like it or not,' she said, but I
decided right there that there would be
no marriage, so I left."
The miner then told of his flight
through various European countries, and
of the pursuit of the widow. Finally he
embarked on an American-bound steamer
and arrived In New York last October.
The day after landing he learned for the
first time, he said, that the other person
interested In his mine had defrauded him
out of his share and bad sold the property
to a corporation.
The once-wealthy and much-sought-
after passed the night on a cot at a
municipal lodging-house. Today he says
ha will resume his long walk to Arizona,
where he will seek to regain possession of
his mine.
COVNENTION ON INSURANCE
Morton Summons Presidents to Con
fer on Reform.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. President Paul
Morton, of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, has called a meeting of the presi
dents of more than 30 of the principal
life Insurance companies in the country
to be held In New York City on Decem
ber 21 to form an association. Among the
reasons given by Mr. Morton for the or
ganization are: To prevent extravagance
and reduce expenses by encouraging uni
formity of administration and to consider
whether to advocate or oppose legislation.
Mr. Morton says he believes great im
provements can be made in the adminis
tration of life insurance and its cost
cheapened to the public.
INSPECT INSURANCE ELECTION
Factions Agree to Let State Superln
- tendent Appoint.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Ways and
means for supervising the coming elec
tion of directors of the Mutual Life In
surance and the New York Life Insur
ance Companies were considered at a
conference held at the New York office
of the State Superintendent of Insur
ance. Representatives of the Policyholders'
Association suggested that the State
Superintendent of Insurance appoint
five insurance inspectors of election for
each company. This arrangement was
satisfactory to the various interests
present, and the representatives of
the companies and the Policyholders'
Association agreed to submit lists of
names of men who would be agreeable
to them to serve as such inspectors.
PROVIDES FUND TO EXPAND
Great Northern Will Issue $60,000,-
000 in Preferred Stock.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. At a meeting of
the directors of the Great Northern Rail,
road, it was voted to authorize an in
crease of JSO.000,000 in preferred stock
and to give stockholders the opportunity
of subscribing therefor at par. Payments
on new Issues are to be at periods ex
tending over two years, and on all such
payments the company will pay interest
at the rate of 5 per cent per annum until
the full amount Is subscribed for. The
present amount of Great Northern stock
outstanding is very nearly $150,000,000, so
that the new issue, when it becomes
stock, will bring the total amount up to
$210,000,000. According to a statement
given out today, the proceeds of the sale
of the new stock are to be used "to pay
for additional equipment, for addition to
and Improvements of existing lines and
for acquisitions by purchase of their se
curities or otherwise, of such lines as the
directors may decide to be necessary.
Close Congo Debate Friday.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 12. Cloture will be
applied next Friday to the detjate In the
Chamber of Deputies on the Congo In
dependent State, and the government
will ask the Chamber to accept M
Huysman's motion favoring the annex
ation of the state and the recognition
of the concessions granted in King
Leopold's private domains.
IT'S GREAT TO BE JUST
OTHER MAN HAS
COMMONS PICK CP GAUNTLET
Reject Lords' Amendments and Wai
Between Houses Begins.
LONDON, Dec. 12. The hostility be
tween the House of Lords and the House
of Commons has now reached an oper.
stage. Ths lower house, after debating
the matter all d:iy, tonight rejected ail
of the amendments of the House of Lords
to the education bill by a vote of 416 to
107. the Irish members voting with the
government. On a motion by Augustine
Blrrell, President of the Board of Educa
tion, a committee was appointed to draw
up the reasons for the rejection of the
amendments.
The final scene was one of Intense ex
citement. Lord I,ansdowne, leader of the
opposition in the upper chamber, and
many other peers were in the galleries
and listened to the concluding speeches.
Mr. Birrell, who throughout the debates
has adopted a conciliatory attitude, re
pudiated on behalf of the government
the Idea ot being offensive toward the
peers.
Mr. Balfour, leader of the opposition, '
declared that the government's action
was a challenge to the House of Lords.
The method the government had adopted,
he declared, left -not the smallest hope
for a compromise. Mr. Asquith. Chancel
lor of the Exchequer, with equal heat,
retorted that if the bill was lost the re
sponsibility for wrecking it would be with
Mr. Balfour.
Amid the greatest excitement a division
was called for, and the members of the
House surged into the division lobbies.
When the vote was announced there was
great cheering by the government members.
TEST CASE ON AFRICAN COLONY
Kaiser Wants Reichstag Dissolved It
Appropriation Is Rejected.
BERLIN, Dec. 12. Empefror William
has authorized Chancellor von Buelow
to dissolve the Rek-hstag and order
new elections if the supplementary ap
propriations asked for by the govern
ment are not granted by the House.
The question of the Reichstag ap
propriating enough money to keep the
present army in German Southwest
Africa in the field is, according to the
conviction of the government, equiva
lent to the question whether the col
ony shall be given up or retained. An
appeal to the country, if necessary,
will be made on tlint issue, the gov
ernment's position being that if the
present garrison of German Southwest
Africa is reduced from 12.000 to 250")
men, as the Center party and the ex
treme left contend should be done, the
Insurgent natives will obtain posses
sion ot the colony.
CONSTITUTION FOR TRANSVAAL
Recruiting of Chinese Labor to Cease
Immediately.
LONDON. Dec. 12. Letters patent
were Issued today granting a constitu
tion to the Transvaal. The terms were
fully outlined by Mr. Churchill, Under
Secretary for tho Colonies, in the House
of Commons July 31. There Is no
change In the provisions as finally ap
proved by King Edward. Members of
the Legislature will receive salaries of
$1500 yearly.
Under the lettersgjpatent the recruit
ing of Chinese for Work in the Trans
vaal will cease immediately and the en
tire system of Chinese labor must be
stopped a year after the first meeting
of the Legislature. The latter Is given
the right to put an end to the system
earlier If It desired.
CAN LIVE ONLY FIVE DAY'S
Shall Rallies After Relapse People
Indifferent to Illness.
TEHERAN, Persia. Dec. 12. The con
dition of the Shah remains practically
unchanged, although today he rallied
slightly after yesterday's relapse. The
condition of his heart and the repeated
syncopes lead to the consensus of opin
ion that the Shah cannot live more than
five days. The palace officials no long
er conceal the seriousness of the situ
ation. Public business is proceeding as
usual. Excepting perhaps his entour
age and persons having intimate rela
tions with the court, few peopl'e seem
to be affected by the state of the Shah's
health, and general Indifference, if not
apathy, extends even to Parliament.
RAISULI LEADS HOLY WAR
Calls on Moors to Arm Against
Christian Invasion.
NEW YORK. Dec. 12. A cable dispatch
to the Times from Tangier states that at
all the country markets within 30 miles
public criers have announced an appro
aching Christian invasion and called upon
the people to bo prepared for a holy war.
The cries stated that Raieuli would sup
ply money, rifles and ammunition to all
who did not possess them. This new3
created a profound impression.
Chinese Rebels Well Armed.
PEKIN. Dec. 12. Confirmation rearhod
Pekin today that the rebels who recently
entered Ping Kiang. Province of Kians
Si, constitute a considerable, well organ
ized force, equipped witli modern wea
pons. They came from Konan Provines.
The movement, which is anti-dynastic. Is
quite new, having no connection with
other uprisings or disturbances In Central
China. The rebols at Ping Kiang are
not molesting the Chinese inhabitants or
the foreign missionaries.
A CANDIDATE WHEN THE
TO MAKE ENEMIES.
From the Chicago Record-Herald.