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THE MORNING - tREGONIAX. 3IOND A Y. DECE31DER 21, 1908- ATTACK DN LORDS WILL BE PUSHED Asqm'th Will Propose License and Land Tax for Enactment. IRISH LAND BILLS KILLED Only Half Work Pl.t nnftl for Chs Uijc es.ion Finished1 -Taxation Bills KettPI to Win I'nror , With Ihe MaH. LjONPONV De. M. The ffrtFSin of pramnt undrr tli pfrnniprKhip of Her bert H."..sn.u!th, will end on Monday with the breach tx-tw tt n th- L!brl party and tho Hous of Lordu wider than evrr. Mr. Aiu!th is expected to endeavor to prolonc hia tenure of office through another cs alon. despite talk of an early dissolution of Parliament and an appeal to the coun try aa-alnat the action of the Lords with retard to the principal measure of this seaslon- May P ropoe Land Tax. lft.;a expected that the main feature of the next MBslon will be radical chan(f; in taxation. These chances include the Teforrnvof the income tax. a hth license tpr saloons and taxaxtion nn land values, which wouM chiefly affe.t hn.-wers. land owners and the wealthier classes and which the Liberal leaders believe-would prove popular with the masses. '21s.,-four and Lord Ijinsdowne." says the IVestmtnlster Gazette, the chief jrovemment organ, "appear to have regis tered row (hat the Liberals should make no further rjroeress with reforms In churches, schools, land and llcenslnB. Hence the House of Lords question Is for the Liberal party a question f H own exlftem-e and tiie obstacle the House of Lords put In the way of Liberal leg ifiatioh must be removed." Action of Closing Session. Of the ten Important measures fore aiiadowed 1p the- King s speeelt only five find a pWrn in the statute, books. Theso are the old aae pension bills, the Irish university bill to which assent was slven before the Summer vacation, and meas ures fixlnjr eight hours as the time minors shall work underground: providing for the purchase for llir.i".00rt of the London docks and placing them under a central authority, and a hill for the better pro tection of children. The last named estab lishes police court trial for children, pro hibits Juvenile stnokiu? and alms at pre venting minors from visiting' saloons. The promised measure for Irish land, valuation never saw light and the. Irlah land purchase bill was dropped. Bill, to .Chpvk Suffragettes.. The' government passed an act em- poweri na; Judges to give habitual crimi nals indeterminate sntences and a bill imposing penalties for attempts to break lip public meetings. The latter is the re; suit of ' the suffrage agitation. So active have, the women been that the members of . the cabinet were unable to secure a hearing at public meetings. PULITZER TO SEE CANAL ".will luvtstigate. Arriving About " . Same Time as Taft. " VEtVPORT XEW3. Icr. 2. Joseph ', Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, accompanied by a party of '' friends and several staff writers, ar rived off Old Point Comfort today in .Mr. ; Puiitxer'8 yacht Liberty. It is . ald that he Is on his way to Panama to Investigate conditions prevailing; In tb canal zone and probably to secure evidence In connection with the pur chase of the canal property by the Government. According to Information obtained at Old Point, the yacht will make the trip by easy stages, the publisher desiring to reach Panama about the time set for the arrival there of President-elect Taft. Mr. Pulitzer's trip Is of special in' terest on account of the attitude of President Roosevelt tn demarrdlng; that Congress have Mr. pulltser and other publishers prosecuted for criminal libel for publishing articles attacking the Administration in connection with the canal purchase. . - BILLIARD MATCH PLANNED 6 a turn T. Slon, Hoppe t. ' Sut ton and Tournament. NEW TORK. Pc. a George Sutton has accepted a challenge from George Slosson a match Involving the. cham pionship of the world at 1S.J balkllne bil liards. The choice devolving upon him. Sutton has selected New Jfork for the match, and the game will be played Tues day. January 2. in Madlson-3quare Garden concert hall. ' Willie Hoppe posted a forfeit ac companying his challenge of George Sut ton for a match at either 18.1 or 1R.2 bil liards, and announcement v as made of a tournament" at the ls-lnch balkllne game, with not more than six entrants, to be held in this city on March 21 next. SOUTH, BEND TAKES PART Agrefrxto Mind 'With Grays Harbor in Freight-Rate Fllit. ABKRDEKN. Wash.. Dec. art. (Spe cial.) A committee of prominent business men. of Raymond and South Bend, ar lived in Aberdeen th.'a afternoon and met with the terminal rates committee of .rerdeen and Hoquism. The committee consists of A. C LIKie. founder of Ry tnond: W'infleld Scotl Cram, of the Siler M:ll Company; H. V. Phail. casiiier of the Will spa Harbor State- Bank; Marlln f?. Welch, of the . law Arm of Welch. "Welch Ophelan. of South Bend, and T. K. Pearson, of the South B?m Mills A Timber Company. It was decided to act with Orays Har nor hereafter In all matters relating to freight rates. ' WOMAN'S DEATH . MYSTERY Murth Nearly Million 'She Is Found With Two "Wills- PARIS. Dec. 10. (Special.) Bristling with mysteries is the story of a Toulon woman, unmarried. AO years of . age. wesithr. but living as if on the verge of starvation, owning a beautirtll chatu and at the same time a amall stand In the public ma: ket, ' here she sold tg- etables. and who was found one evening drowned In the fountain of her own gar den. She had been for years one of the most original characters In Toulon. Until only a ' few months ago she could be seen leaving her splendid chateau, which she had Inherited from her brother, at 5 o'clock every morning, dressed in shabbv old clothes, going to the market with a basketful of fruit and vegetables nnder her arms. At her stand she hag gled as keenly over bargains with her customers as the other marketwomcn. though It was known she was worth some 8u.iiu0. Things continued In this way until a few months ago. when a most- extraor dinary change came over the old market woman. She gave up selling vegetables, purchased handsome toilettes, and. sud .denlv became so fond of finery and good appearance that she had a hairdresser come to -her house every morning. She had been spending the afternoon with her sister, but about 6 o'nlook the wo man waa found dead In the basin. The Idea of suicide or an accident, which was at first current, has been given up. and it Is stated that all the evidence points to the woman having been thrown hito the water. She had In her pos jrersion at the time two drafts of two separate wills, which are not in her handwriting. The authorities have no clew a to the probable murderers. death Reveals romance BODY OF MON'TKSANO GIRL CLAIMED IN" LOS ANGELES. Mother "of Lad Who Went Insane When Refused Right to Marry Girl, Makes Claim. ABERDEEN. "Wash.. Dec Ju. -(Special.) Steps in what may b an Impending contest for the erstate left by Mire Hazel Douglass, who was btrned to death by the explosion of a lamp at the home of EJdredge Wheeler. In Monte?ano last week, have been taken by Mrs. Carrie Mcaul. of ltm Angeles. Behind this Ilea a boy and girl romance. Mi.s Douglass as reared In the home of Mrs. McSauI and there she fell In love with the son of Mrs. McSauI. But the mother and guardian did not approve. While Miss Douglass - never told the whole story, yet enough of it Is known to surmise that she either was sent away from the McSaul home, or loft after a term of illness which confined the boy to a hospital for a long time and from which he hss never recovered. He is said now to be Insane. . . Since ' she- left Los Angeles. Miss Douglass appears" to have refrained from corresponding with Mrs. -McSauI. After the accident last week and when she realized that her wounds would probably result In death, the girl asked that a letter be sent to Mrs. McSauI detailing the matter of the accident. This was done. Miss Douglass died last Monday morn ing. Wednesdsy. two days after her death, and a day after the funeral. Coroner Gtrard- and the Montesano Na tional Bank received the following, tele gram In duplicate:' "Hold- body of Hazel B. Douglass until further advised by wire. Mrs. Can-ie Mc SauI. care Security iJavlngs Bank, Los Angeles." This was followed yesterday by a sec ond telegram to the Coroner and the bank, demanding that the body be em balmed and shipped to Los Angeles. This will not be done. Whether Mrs. McSauI is now rep-ntant for. her treatment of Miss. Douglass., or . whether she has learned that the girl died possessed of some money. Is a question. TO TALK ACROSS ATLANTIC Italian Scientist Has Method for Telephoning Along Cable. ROME. Dec. 2". (Special.) Captain Anzalone. whose discovery of a method of transoceanic telephony along sub marine cables was recently reported, has left Italy for Marseilles. Havre and other French ports, where, at the Invitation of the government, he is to conduct a series of experiments across the Atlantic. While acknowledging the remarkable results achieved by Professor Majorana In wire less telegraphy. Captain Anzalone con tinues to profess complete skepticism as to the solution , of the problem of transoceanic telephony on the same prin plo as radiotelegraph)-. "The transmis sion of the human voice involves a se ries of oscillations so exceedingly fre quent and so exceedingly minute," he mid. "that my scientific studies con vince me we shall never be able to talk across the Atlantic or the Pacific for practical Industrial everyday purposes by electric waves without wires." GLANDERS PROVES FATAL Five Persons Reported Dead With Chance of Others I'nrecognUed. " LONDON. Dec 20. (Special.) That terrible and mysterious disease glan ders has caused the death of at least Ave human beings in London In the past 10, weeks. There are probably other cases which have not been recognized. These statements were made- at an In quest at Kensington. A veterinary surgeon said that many, cases at Lundon hospitals had been treated as another disease, and that there was a Kssibility of 19 out of - victims of glanders being burled with out discovery of the actual cause. PLAN VERDI CELEBRATION Milan to Have Theatrical Exposi tion to Honor Composer. MILAN. Dec. 1. (Special.) An inter national theatrical exposition Is to be held In this city in 1913. In commemora tion of the first centenary of the birth of Guiseppe Verdi. This exhibition will he divided into three main sections: (a) The theater, which will include repro ductions of ancient, medieval and mod ern buildings, scenery, fashions, repre sentations of mysteries, tournaments, etc.: lb) music, embracing all manner of Irstruments; (c) r.rtists and theatrical literature undnr which will be Included everything appertaining to actors and their work. DYING, HE KILLS ROBBER Deadly Duel Between Police Chief and I'rlm! ialft on Street- . ROANOKE, Vs., Dec. 20. In a pistol duel on the main street of Wytheville, Vs.. today. Chief of Police Walter Mc Clintock and E. A. Cregger were" killed. McCllntock shot Cregger to death after he himself had been mortally wounded. The two bodies, fell near each other In the thoroughfare. McCllntock and a deputy had a war rant for the arrest of K. A. Cregger and his brother, Dave, charging robbery. Onlv Oue "BKOMO QUININE"" Tost Is LAXATIVE BKOMC yLINUNE. Lous f..r th- signature of K. GHOVB. IHd ths World ovr to Cuts a Cold ia On Day. Z5& CASTRO WILL ADD TO ARMY AN D NAVY Wants German Officers for 'Instructors in Caracas Military Academy. 1 CANNOT CONTINUE FAVOR Tageblatt Says That Government Mii!l Enforce Obligations, or Withhold Friendliness Semi official Organ Ignores Uiiu. ' BERLIN. Dec. 20. The Berlin Neusie Nachrlchten today prints an article "from a well-informed source" warning the German press against adopting an un friendly attitude toward President Caslro of Venezuela. The writer says that Ger many's business interests should cause tne newspapers to refrain from offensive allusions auch as "ex-cowboy" and "Presi dent of a robber state." Considering Addition to Equipment. Castro, the article continues. Is consid ering a large addition to -the equipment of both army and navy and is thlnk'ng of placing the orders In Germany. The Venezuelan President is also seeking In structors for . his military academy, re cently established in Caracas, and ia likely to give preference to officers from the German army.. All this leads the Neuste Nachrlchten writer to hope that Germany will strive to obtain a perma nent Influence politically and economically in Venezuela. Many of tne newspapers in their weekly political reviews deal with Senor Castro's visit in connection with the Venezuelan stuatlon. The Tageblatt says: Cannot Show favor. "The German goernment cannot much longer show favor toward the Presde".t unless he gives assurances that Venezuela will fulfill the obligations." A notable fact Is that the seml-offlclr.l Nord Deutche Allgemelne Zeitung utterly ignores the presence of Senor Castro. Such a course has never before been adopted when the chief of a foreign state was visiting Germany, although In a pri vate capacity. MILLERS' SESSION SECRET Head Men of Northwest Association . Meet in Spokane. , SPOKANB. Wash., Dec. 3ft. (Spe cial.) Representing more than $5,000. 000 Invested In the flour manufacturing Industry In Washington and Oregon, and flour mills giving employment to thousands of men, trustees of he Mil lers' Association of the Pacific North west are in session at the Spokane Hotel. Mr. Thompson, of Seattle, prom inent in the councils, declined to di vulge the nature of the meeting, other thart to say questions of policy are be ing . considered. Ha asserted that no election of officers Is contemplated, and denied that prices for the next Six months would be agreed upon. J. D. - Armstrong, president of the Sperry Flour Mills, of Taeoma. is pres ident of the board of trustees, and Alexander Thompson, of Seattle. Is secretary. About 25 of the leading flour manufacturers of the state are attending the meeting. The millers are extremely optimistic concerning the outlook for the flour industry during the. coming year. Pros pects for the Oriental trade are excep tionally bright, while the demand for flour for domestic consumption la in creasing rapidly. 50 BARRELS OF WHISKY Federal Court Orders Spirits De stroyed for Violating Food Law. BALTIMORE. Md.. Dec. 20. The first case of seizure of whisky under the pure food act which was put on trial here last Fall ws today finally disposed of In the United States District Court when it was d-creed that the whisky seized, 50 bar rels, be destroyed and that the makers, the Louisiana Distillery Company, of New Orleans, be required to give bond that tliey will not continue the sale of the liquor under "bourbon" whisky brands. During the" test the Government de clsred that the whisky was a product of molasses, and therefore was not bourbon whisky. The Government won the eult and counsel for defense today gave no tice that motion heretofore made to have the case taken to the United States Court of Appeals was withdraw:. FRENCH WATCH JAPANESE smldicrs Will Visit Mikado's Land to Get Military Ideas. PARIS. Dec. 20. (Special.) The French Minister of War.' General Pic quart, announces his Intention of send ing a few French ofifcers each year to study the organization of the Japanese army In Japan. General Picquart has realized that much progress of Japan is due to the Japanese assimilation of West ern methods, and heljelieves that French soldiers may. In their turn, learn much from the East. He will select every year, therefore.- a few French . officers who know Kngltsh well and send them for two years to Japan. He has also started special classes this month for the teach ing of Japanese to officers who wish to go. WOMEN STAND OFF POSSE Two Mortally Wounded fn Tistol Duel in Texas. LUFKINV Texas, Dec. 20. Refusing to surrender a young woman boarder at their hotel whom officers were endeavor ing to arrest on a minor charge, Mrs. Joseph Ferguson and her daughter. Bertha, engaged' in a pistol duel with members of a posse of citizens who came to the aid of the officers, during which the two women were mortally wounded at their home near here today. When Sheriff Watt and hi deputies went to the hotel of Mrs. Ferguson, they were denied admittance and held at bay by the women for four hours. DOG ENTERTAINS ENGLISH Brindle and Count Receive Titled Visitors at Carlton Hotel. LONDON. "" Dec." 20. (Social.) W bal of as the quaintesc I season took place at , must be written "U 1 n IT"! Q ' tf th 9Lt the Carlton Hotel the other day. The rovontmn v-a rfrPII lolntlV b Count de Beaufort and his friend "Bob." a fine, heavy, brindle bulldog, valued at J2500. The Count, who Is a young bachelor of 27. Issued regular Invitation cards, with a portrait of "Bob" printed on them, and with the message under neath. "I hope you will come." In July last, when his master was living In New York. Bob captured a burglar who paid the Count's quarters a visit. Since then Bob has been a hero. The dog got quite used to holding receptions on the other side of the "pond," and now that his mas ter has come to this side Bob is ably assisting him in adding td their list of Kngllsh friends. Among those who at tended the reception were Sir Bindon and Lady Blood, the Hon. Rudolf Le mieux (Postmaster-General of Canada). Lady Weldon. General Sir Harry and Lady Prendergast, Miss Hart (daugh ter of Sir Robert). Lady Mary Cun ningham. Sir Lawrence and Lady Jen kins. ELITE SECTIOfl BRAXCH STANDARD OIL- AMOXG BRITISH BIXEBLOODS. Two Big Business Blocks Krecled in Most Exclnsive Residence District of London. LONDON, Dec. 20. Great Interest is being experienced In London at the en terprise of the Anglo-American Oil Com pany, which Is the name of the princl ' pal branch of the Standard, In invading one of the most exclusive and aristo cratic sections of the AVest End. The company is erecting two large buildings fronting on the south side of St.. James Park, at the entrance known as Queen Anne's Gate. The park Is faced on th? west by Buckingham Palace, while, the foreign offices, the admiralty buildings and a group of residences of high offi cials overlook the opposite end. The ancient St. James Palace, Marl borough House, the residence of the Prince of Wales. Clarence House, the Duke of Connaught's home, and Carl ton House Terrace, where the German embassv, the residences of Clarence Mackav. Mrs. Potter Palmer and other notables are situated, range along the north aide of the park. The Standard's buildings are on the south side, oppo site the German embassy, and command a fine view of the pond.- and walks. Just back of these are Queen Anne's mansions, apartment-houses which, be ing ten stories high, are the tallest buildings in London and regarded as sky sera pers. KNOWS ALL ABOUT SKIRTS With Aid of Pretty Dressmaker Court Shows Lawyer. LONDO.V. Dec. 20. (Special.) The man ner In which a lady raises her skirt to cross a muddy street was demonstrated at the Brompton County Court this week. A dreiwmaker sued a firm of cleaners for damaging a lady's dress. The defending solicitor, however, asked if the "puckers and marks in the skirt, which formed the basis of complaint, might not have, been caused by its owner, having seized her skirt at the back "like this.'.' He. seised his own garments at th hack by way of illustration, but the dress maker interposed in a- horrified tone: "A lady doee not take hold of her skirt there, sir. She does it like this." , And she deftly wheeled round In the witness box and elevated her skirt above her ankles In the correct way,, to the edi fication of a smiling court. "Well you know more about skirts than I do." said the solicitor. But Sir William Solfe reproved him also. "You mht know," he said, "that a lady would not seize her skirt in the mid dle of the back." "I don't know, sir," the solicitor re plied, when the judge broke in once more with the remark: "Why. you are a mar ried man'." DISINHERITED FORM CLUB Sons Left Without Shilling Propose to Have Law Changed. LONDON, Dec. 2U. (Special.) Sons whom irate parents have threatend to cut off with the proverbial shilling will probablv support a proposed new society the objeet of which will be to secure by law that no child sliull be wholly disin herited except for an adequate reason. G. W. Bower, a- city solicitor, is mov ing tn Hie matter and explaining the pro ject yesterday, said: "As the law stands at present rank injustice to a child or to children is not sufficient reason for contesting a will. A will may be cruelly unjust and yet unless undue Influence or insanity can be shown, both of which are hard to prove, that will cannot be up- "Now the proposal is ;to give the Eng lish jury a new power, namely, that of revising auch manifestly unjust wills on equitable grounds. Once formed, the so ciety would use every effort by canvass ing members of Parliament to obtain an alteration in the existing law. I would leave it to a jury to decide what would he an adequate reason for disinheriting a son or daughter." BUYS . BRIDE BY POUND Mayor Fixes Price at 3 7 Cents and Groom Pays $60. VIENNA. Dec. 20. (Special.) In one district of the Tyrol, a custom prevails by which a bridegroom pays the parents of the bride a sum of money before the marriage ceremony takes place. Recently a peasant In the village of Kolked could not come to terms with the parents of his sweetheart, so they called upon the Mayor of the village to decide on the purchase price. The Mayor, who Is a cattle dealer, valued the voung woman at 37 cents per pound. Ver 'weight was found to be 160 pounds, and the bridegroom handed over $60. ap parently much pleased with his bargain. LUNATIC SWALLOWS KNIFE Then Adds Fork. Rags and Woolen Muffler to Collection. LONDON. Dec. 30. (Special.) The chief medical superintendent of the Richmond (Dublin) Lunatic Asylum has reported that a male patient complained of inter nal pains, and stated that he had swal lowed a knife and fork. On opening the man's stomach, the medical staff found In It a large knife, a fork, a quantity of rags, and a woolen muffler. The doctor added that the patient was now making a good recovery. To Include Floating Dock. . LONDON. Dec. 19. (Special.) The Ad miralty have decided to Include in next year's navy estimates a project for mour- If you're looking round for Xmas pres ents for man or boy join our circle. Here are Good gloves. Handsome handker chiefs. Stunning socks. Magnificent mufflers. Pine furnishings. -Silk suspenders Sumptuous scarfs. And all the fashion able fixings for correct dress. We're open evenings. 166-170 Third Street. Ing a floating dock in the lower reaches of the River Medway, capable of ac commodating a vessel of 30,000 tons dis placement. The floating dock will be moored Just above Queenborough, and will be worked from Sherness dockyard. A second set of moorings will be laid further up the river, so that In the event of war It could be removed to a spot out of reach of hostile gun-fire from the sea. FINDS FAMOUS PAINTING English Rector Presented With Dirt Covered Spanish Masterpiece. LONDON, Dee. 20. (Special.) A few weeks ago the rector of St. Lawrence Jewry. Greshain street, was presented with an old painting covered with dirt. A careful removal of the dirt revealed an exceptionally fine and dramatic master piece representing the dead Saviour sup ported by a draped angel, with two child angels at his feet and the Virgin Mary in the background, by the Span ish master. Juan Bautista Mazo. Juan Bautista Mazo ranks In Importance next only to Velazquez, his master and farher-in-ln w. Indeed. Maso's best pic tures In public and In galleries generally pass under Velazquez" name. HUMIDORS FOR CHRISTMAS Any smoker will value a Sichel humidor as a present. Call and see Sichel's hol iday display. SIG. SICHEL & CO.. S2 Third St. and Two Branches. The Best Painless Dental Work For 21 vears a leader in Painless Dental Work in Portland. By our painless methods we can do all kinds of good, reliable dental work without causing von the old-time suffering. See us about it. Get our prices and advice. Tor the next 15 days we will give von the best bargain you ever dreamed of getting in painless dental work. TEETH Without Flat... if you have to have your teeth out. and briilgework or plates put In the same day. If you want it done at once, wo will not keep you loafing about ton to have your dental work done. DISEASED CHIS. Are' vour gums red, sore, bleeding and receding from the teeth? We can cure it for you If you come to us tn time. PL ATI'" S (R5.00 AND IP. PAIM.KSS EXTRACTING 50 CTS. Free When Other Work la Ordered. DR. W. A. WISE President and Manager. 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