MH CANAL'S
RIVJIL WILL WAIT
r: Chilean Engineer Abandons
; Scheme of Securing Co
lombia's Consent.
UNITED STATES IS FEARED
, Owing to Probability That Cncle
' Sam Would Object to Deal, South
'. American Country Turns
" t Down Deal.
FACATATrVA, Colombia. Nov. IT.
J T Arturo Undurraaja. the Chilean engineer.
' ; hu definitely determined to abandon his
. effort to obtain from the Colombia gov-
- ' eminent a concession for'hls canal proj-
ect, owing to the fear entertained by
r l Colombia of reprisals on the part of
" the Cnited States. Undurraga'a plan was
to oon struct a rival to the Panama Canal.
In furtherance of his plan for a canal.
' '', L'ndurraga sought to Induce Congress-
- men and members of the Diplomatic
t Corps to Inspect the route at his ex-
- pense, but all declined.
' Time Is Inopportune.
t A Colombian official has stated that
it appeared Inopportune to grant a con-
", cession to the Chileans before the adop-
' tlon of the treaty, defining the boundary
between Panama and Colombia.
" When this matter had been settled, he
added, the government probably would
J grant the concessions. Letters exhibited
here indicate the willingness of German
' .". and British capitalists to build a com-
merclal and non-political canal that could
" not be closed in event of war.
- Unless the concession Is granted it Is
feared discontent tormenting at Antlo
quia and Cauca will culminate In a re-
' vlval of threats of secession.
' ", Undurraga will sail on November 27
for England by wsy of New York.
; Panama Separation Questioned.
' ' The President and Congress have ap-
' ' pointed a commission to investigate the
I separation of Panama from Colombia.
Francisco de Borda, recently appointed
I Minister to the United States, sailed for
that country today. '
SISTER, SPURNED, SUICIDE
; Brother Refusing Her Asylum, Mrs.
! Burns Leaps Vnder Cars.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 17. With the
words, "God bless my baby" on her lips.
Mrs. Helen Burns, a spurned wife and
sister, died last night as a result of in
juries received when she threw herself
. In front of a speeding Guerrero street car.
Mrs. Burns was 24 years old. She
' ' was married four years ago to
' Charles Burns, a manufacturer of
', . New York. Burns was a divorced man.
; but shortly after a baby came to him and
" his new wife, he became reconciled to the
first wife and secured a second divorce.
Last night there was a dramatic sequel
. to this broken romance on the street in
, N front of the Maher home. Mrs. Maher
' was willing to have her daugh
1 ter live with her. but the brother, Walter
Penders, refused, saying he could not
support them.
PRIMARY BALLOT DISGUSTS
(Continued From First Pa.)
' a natural result, there was a flock of
candidates. Many of them had no chance
at all of election, but for the majority it
was an open and apparently equal field.
- To the voter, however. It was such a
nuisance that many left the polls with
out voting, because of the length of time
it would take to elft through the 140
names on the ballot and make their sclec
tlons. Many some reports have it as
hlEh as 2i per rent of the ballots were
. - thrown out because of mistakes due sole
ly to the primary system: the most fre
quent mistake being too many candidates
voted for. Many ballots were spoiled in
'. folding the enormous sheet by reproduc-
- tion of the ink marks opposite the names.
Horrible Kxample Wins.
But the worst blow of all to the "re-
formers" was the vote polled by Barnard
Jlealv, present Councilman from the
Eighth Ward. Healy had been pointed
out as a horrible example throughout the
- campaign. In the . argument for the
amendment of the charter advanced by
the "Uoo-Gons" that the non-partisan
method would absolutely prevent Healy
from election that Healy could be elect
ed only from the Klghth Ward the
smallest in the city and populated large
ly by foreign-born citizens and that the
primary method, with Councilman can
didates at large, would effectively elimi
nate Healy forever from local politics.
- To make sure of this. ex-Judge J. D.
Works and W. J. Washburn, two promi
nent citizens who have held high office
and have been able and high-principled
residents and officials for many years,
- were put on the "Goo-Goo" ticket.
" The irony of fate is shown by the re-
' turns, which Indicate that Healy leads
the entire list of candidates, 140 in all. In
the total vote.
Reformers Best Beaten.
Even In the "long-hair" strongholds,
where It was hoped his elimination would
- be accomplished, he ran far ahead of his
" colleagues, and won a place on the ticket
in every ward In the city. Even in Meyer
" Llssner's own precinct Mr. Lissner, be
i ing head of the Goo-Goo" organization
. Healy beat all other candidates. Judge
"Works, honored by every citizen in Los
" Angeles, and whose record is conceded
to be flawless, ran Healy a close second,
and will doubtless be elected with Healy
in December.
Counting the ballots was another reve-
- lation of the Impracticability of the pri
' mary method. At best, the election board
could count but 30 ballots an hour, and
the word was tedious. In many pre
cincts the progress was only 20 an hour,
and where the vote ran into the hundreds
a full count was impossible until the fol
' lowing day.
The vote for Mayor Alexander, the
"Goo-Goo" candidate, ran far ahead of
all other candidates for Mayor.
j Voters Become Disgusted.
This is accounted for by the fact that
the "Goo-Goo" vote was polled to its full
: strength, while none of the other three
'. leading candidates for Mayor was able to
get a full vote of his supporters. It is
estimated from the returns that 26,000
- registered voters would not take the time
required to go through the ballots and
make their selections. This large number
of qualified voters remaining away from
'". the polls Is almost unanimously conceded
- as positive evidence that the non-partisan
primary system, with Its overwhelming
and bewildering list of candidates, many
; of them vouched for by no responsible
political organizations, presented an ob
stacle the electors, or many thousands
of them, at least, preferred not to attack.
Many voters when appealed to to leave
their business and go to the polls said:
"I haven't time to wade through that
ballot, and I do not know what I am vot
ing for if I do."
naif of Vote Cast.
The non-partisan primary system Is
blamed on all sides for the lightness of
the vote in proportion to the registration.
An approximate registration of 70,000 re
sulted in only about 60 per cent of this
vote reaching the ballot box. This is al
most a minimum In any kind of a
municipal election, although it is perhaps
greater than that cast at the recall
election last March. But the recall elec
tion is no comparison at all. because at
that time Alexander was running against
Wheeler, a Socialist, who had no organ
ization, and the great vote he received
was a protest against the recall freak as
a part of municipal government. It is
equally true that much of the vote for
Alexander then was gained because of
fear that a Socialist would be elected
Mayor. ,
One of the popular objections voiced
Just before and since the election is the
greatly Increased cost of the primary
system to the taxpayers. The selection
of municipal officers under the primary
costs 120 per cent more than it would un
der the old system.
Election Cost Doubles.
In other words, it costs two and a fifth
times as much to elect a Mayor and
Councilmen by the direct primary, non
partisan method as it did under the old
convention method. Wednesday's election
cost approximately 17,o00. whereas the
usual December election costs from tlS.000
to J15.000 ordinarily. And now that the
$17,ou0 primary election has been held,
the December' election must be held and
paid for as usual. Does It payT is the
question voters and taxpayers are asking.
The "Goo-Goos" are not answering the
question aloud since Barnard Healy's
sweeping victory; but those opposed to
the "Goo-Goos" are answering it emphat
ically in the negative. No one, even In
the "Goo-Goo" organization, has been
able to point out any advantage the new
system has over the old since the elec
tion. There were plenty of arguments
..arf hofr.ro the election and without
doubt these arguments influenced many
voters to support tne uou-vjuu unci,
but with the failure of tke actual test to
prove any of these arguments practicable
the "Goo-Goo" support has noticeably
fallen off.
QUIT
FOOTBALL REPLACES DEBATING
IX COLLEGES.
Interstate Oratorical League of Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho .
May Disband.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Or., Nov. 17. Special.) The practical
minded college youth of the modern gen
eration has Just written "finis" to the
oratory and flights of platform eloquence
that stirred his fathers In a more emo
tional past. Because football, athletics
and other more up-to-date-forms of en
tertainment have interfered with ora
torical contests until they have ceasejj,
to draw crowds and are no longer finan
cially a success, first steps have been
taken towards disbanding the Interstate
Oratorical League which for several
hMn mnlntained b V the Uni
versities of Oregon. Washington and Ida
ho.
What Is almost certain to mean the
death of the league and the abandon
ment of oratory in the three institutions
has Just been brought about by the with
drawal of Idaho. In a formal withdrawal
announcement received here yesterday
by Manager Steele, of Oregon, the Idaho
faculty declares that "the day of ora
tory has passed," and that almost total
lack of interest and financial support
from- students has made their action
necessary.
Oratory was once very popular at Ore
gon, but of late years the annual contests
have hardly attracted enough people to
pav for the lighting of the hall. It is
therefore probable that Oregon will take
similar action.
The same conditions sre said to prevail
at Washington. The State University
here may even go so far as to withdraw
from the annual state Intercollegiate
contests in which nine colleges through
out the state compete every Arril. and
to limit all orations to those delivered
each year at the commencement exen
cloes. Debating shares almost the same
apathy among the students as oratory.
Football, on the other hand, is drawing
larger crowds at the local games than
ever before. It Is said that oratory has
been dropped at Yale, Princeton. Harvard
and other Eastern universities for the
same general lack of Interest.
MITCHELL WANTS LIBERTY
(Continued From First Page.)
this statement not to tickle the ear of any
man. but that I may publicly declare the
conviction that Is within me.
"It seems to me that the whole pro
ceedings should prove a lasting lesson to
the workingmen of the United States and
Canada. If all the workingmen had been
true to themselves, there would not have
been a nonunion product on the market.
"I repeat that, so far as I am con
cerned, and let the consequences be what
they may. I intend, while at liberty, to
declare for the rights guaranteed to me
by the organic laws of my country. I am
proud of being an American."
Mr. Mitchell said he had grown up an an
American with a stepmother so poor that
she could not buy bread, and told how he
had crept out of bed at night to get his
father's soldier coat to keep him warm.
"But I want to see the word American
stand for all the sentiment that is sym
bolised by the flag of our country." ha
continued.
"I want real liberty. I don't believe in
the liberty enunciated by some of our
courts that men and women should have
the right to work themselves to death.
"I don't believe In the liberty enunciated
by Judge Tuthill. of Chicago, who de
clared ten hours unconstitutional for
women, and by that act compelled them
to work 14 hours a day."
Mr. Mitchell said he believed the pres
ent proceedings would bring home to the
people the necessity of working in con
cert. "Is the time going to come on our con
tinent when the badge of faithfulness to
labor must be the brand of imprison
ment?" he said in conclusion. "Surely I
hope not- I hope that the Government
may be so conducted that no citizen
may feel that he has not been given
Justice and an equal right with every
other citizen."
The revocation of the charter of the
Ohio State Federation by the executive
council for admitting to its membership
seceding locals of the electrical workers,
was approved today by the Federation.
The convention then adopted the report
of its committee on laws, that the ap
plication of the Ohio body be dismissed.
The committee on laws reported that the
Iowa Federation admitted a violation of
the Federation law and recommended that
upon compliance with the law Its charter
be restored. This was ratified.
In the cases of the central bodies of
Cleveland, Toledo. Davenport and Cedar
Rapids, whose charters were revoked as
a result of the electrical workers' contro
versy, the committee recommended that
both organizations at once comply with
the regulations of the Federation, and
"thereby retain peace and unity In their
respective citle."
GOAL-LAND CASE
ON TRIAL TODAY
Cunningham "Interests Open
Defense in Government
Action at Seattle.
GLAVIS CAN'T BE FOUND
Bellinger's Assailant Last Heard
. From sln Vancouver, Wash.
Hearing In Sound City to Con
tinue Probably Fonr Days.
SEATTLE. Nov. 17. (Special.) The
Inquiry Instituted by the Interior De
partment into the validity of the 33
coal land entries in Alaska that are in
cluded in what is commonly known as
the Cunningham case will begin to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock before
Special Commissioner "W. J. McGee In
the United Staes Circuit, courtroom.
J. M. Sheridan, of Denver, Cokx, chief
counsel for the Government, and W. B.
Pugh, of Washington, D. C, assistant
counsel and member of the board of
land review in the General Land Office,
have been engaged for several weeks
preparing the case for the Government.
They have given out no Information as
to what witnesses will be called.
Glavis Can't Be Fonnd. '
So far as Is known, the late chief of
the field division, L. R. Glavis, is not in
Seattle. He was last heard from in
Vancouver! Wash.
John P. Gray, of Wallace, Idaho, who
with E. C. Hughes, of Seattle, repre
sents the defendants, arrived in Seattle
tonight.
Mr. Sheridan, while not able to say
certainly how many days will be re
quired to present the case for the Gov
ernment and to take the testimony of
such witnesses as may be examined
here, suggests that at least four days
will be necessary for that purpose. At
the conclusion of the taking of testi
mony in Seattle, Special Commissioner
McGee will resume the inquiry at Spo
kane, probably, as In the vicinity of
that city live a number of the witnesses
and parties Interested..
Property Worth. $50,000,000.
The aggregate acreage involved in the
present inquiry Is B2S0, or eight and one
fourth square miles. An estimate of the
value of the coal in these Cunningham
claims is $50,000,000. The coal field is
between 40 and 60 miles on an air line
from Katalla. and the Cunningham group
forms a part of a deflnlt aggregate of
68 4-10 square miles. .
The charge of the Land Department is
that the entrymen did not make their
locations for their own exclusive benefit,
but that previous to making the locations
they entered into an agreement that, af
ter obtaining a patent for the coal lands,
they were to consolidate and hold the
lands for their Joint use and benefit; also
that the coal lands have not been opened
or any mine improved, as required by
the act of Congress by the authority of
which the entries were made.
GIRL HAS i REGRET
JILTED BY LOVER, SHE MAKES
GOOD HER THEAT TO KILL.
I Expect to Hang for It," Are Girl's
Words to Sheriff When
Arrested.
AUBURN, Cal., Nov. 17. "I killed Joe
because he threw me down. I gave him
money and did everything for him and I
told him I would kill him If he gave
me up. I killed him and I'm glad of
it and I expect I'll hang for It." .
Such was the confession of Alma Bell,
declared by Sheriff MoAuley on the wit
ness stand today to have been made to
him by the girl the day after the tragedy,
when she was cowering In her hiding
place among the poison oak bushes
near High Rocks, a few hundred yards
from the place where her lover's body
was found.
The Sheriff testified further that he
had questioned the girl particularly as
to her relations with Joe Armes for
whose death she is now on trial
Manuel Armes and Tony Grlnke told
again their stories of the events in the
cabin the night of the shooting, and
of the pistol shot they heard a few
minutes after Alma Bell and Joe
Armes left the place together.
The bullet that caused Armes' death
was put in evidence through the testi
mony of the physicians who conducted
the inquest, but its Introduction failed
to awaken the girl to a repetition of
the hysterical sobbing which over
powered her yesterday when the blood
stained garments of Armes were ex
hibitd before her.
SIOUX LEFT WOULD LAST
Indians, Disease-Swept, to Colonize
in Nicaragua.
BOSTON. Nov. 17. To save the rem
nant of Sioux Indians from extinction
by disease, a colony of Indians will be
established In Nicaragua.
Chief Little Bison, a full-blooded Sioux,
sailed from Boston today on the steamer
Esparta for Nlcaragu, where he will re
ceive the deeds to 16.000 acres of land
granted for the establishment of the col
ony. The project is financed by wealthy
Kew Yorkers.
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Se win g Machines Are Sensible Gifts
Mother or -wife with much sewing to do needs one badly and would appreciate your thoughtfulness in buying
a present of this sort. When you're buying, don't buy simply A machine-buy THE machine the match
less Standard. We are sole agents for Portland. We have thenP in six grades. y Tjr 7
Come and ask about our easv Bavment CLTJBvPXAN. Pay only pxf r
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Thursday Is Housekeepers' Day Here
Linen Bargains Rare
SOLE PORTLAND AGENTS for RICHARDSON LINENS
A bounteous Thanksgiving feast,
spread on a clofii of snowy whiteness.
It makes one look forward to Thanks
giving with an extra longing, doesn't
it? And the two always go together.
Where the tempting viands taste the
best is where the linens are the finest
and whitest in a word, where they
buy OLDS, WORTMAN & KING LINENS. The
following prices prove them easy to buy.
Linen Sets, consisting of Pattern Table Cloth of finest quality
and one dozen dinner-size Napkins to match ; a great variety of
patterns; linen of exquisite finish; sets beautifully matched in
patterns priced as follows:
Regular $24 value, 010 11(1
special, the set...0l0iUU
$29.50 value, on sale PQO fill
at. the set ...uZZiUU
$32.50 value, on sale
at, the set
$42.50 value, on sale
at, the set.
S24.50
$31.50
Spats and Overgaiters
Cold weather brigns forth
tremendous demand for
Spats, Overgaiters and
Leggins. We doubt if
there is any other store
in "Portland so well pre
pared to supply this de
mand. - f
We've just received a
large shipment of
"STANDARD" make in
hlfllf nr onlrvrs. WTfi also
have Jersey Leggins treated with the cravenette
process and fully waterproof. We have them in all
sizes, from the baby sizes to women's.
We also have a large assortment of Leggins for
children. The materials are jersey, corduroy and
leather. .Popularly priced.
$48.50
SILK OR
WOOL
D
V8SS3S
$19
79
Silk Petticoats Worth to $15 at $6.98
I 1 M 1 '
"inn
These dresses are triumphs of the gownmakers art.
The serge dresses have just been received, the silk are
in the best styles that we have had this season. 'Tis a
combination sale of unusual interest and value giving.
Serge Dresses like cut, in one-piece style, extremely
modisn, come in black or blue unfinished serge and
braided effects with lace yokes. A lot that we bought
at a price absurdly small, but took all one of our best
manufacturers had left and made our own figure, which
means a big saving. Regular $32.50 and $35.00 values.
The silks are in handsomely trimmed one-piece Princess
models, and are made of superb quality black taffeta.
Trimmed with tucks, lace, or braided. Values (PJ Q
to $48.50. Your choice of any dress today at pM.U U
The Petticoats jg-jggg
ii f fie to match. Come in black, blue, green,
ru
lavender, red white, pink, brown, dresden effects
and plaids. The best sale of the Season. i? Q 4?
Values to $15, special today (w.w) at pP.7Q
Sun Dried Raisins Introductory Prices
Mrs. Mowat's Raisins, on sale in our main aisle, are deliciously fresh and tempting. Come in one-pound packages, or larger, with
the grower's name on, so you may be sure that this package always contains the finest fruit. This is an jntroductory sale only
and these prices will be withdrawn in a few days.
NOTICE SPECIAL PRICES TO DEALERS, in lots of five cases and up. On sale now at regular prices by the following well
known grocers:
West Side Gunther & Ilickey and Mr. Mitchell. East Side J C. Mann and Washry Brothers.
RIVER BOAT GOES DOWN
Steamer Stratlicona Hits Snag In
Fraser River and Sinks.
VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 17. (Special.)
While proceeding: to Fort Langley, upper
Fraser River, under special charter to
Premier. McBrlde and Attorney-General
Bowser, the steamer Strathcona, owned
by Ironsides, Campbell & Rennle, struck
a semi-submerged snag, filled and sank.
No lives were endangered and the steamer
can be raised.
State After Ice Trust.
NEW YORK. Nov. 17. The end of the
first presentation of the state's cases
against the American ice Company for
alleged violation' of the anti-monopoly
law was announced today. The trial then
adjourned until tomorrow.
Tour cough annoys you. Keep on
hacking: and tearing the delicate mem
branes of your throat if you want to be
annoyed. But if you want relief, want
to he cured, take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy.
LOS ANGELES CITIZEN CREATES
SMALL PANIC.
Mrs. Mary Gtvens Imitates Canrie
Nation Except Her Point of Con
tact la Men's Heads.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17. Craoking
every man she could on the head with
a woman's shoe, Mrs. Mary Glvens cre
ated a panic for several blocks on
Broadway today and ended by being es
corted to the police station by a patrol
man, followed by a large number of her
victims.
Mrs. Glvens' first victim was 1 George
Darling, a piano dealer. He was walk
ing north on Broadway when- suddenly
ho felt a sharp blow on the head and
looked around to see a thin little woman
dressed in black and carrying In her
hand a woman's shoe. She looked him
straight in the eye and said In an angry
tone, "I will teach you to Insult me by
standing with your feet crossed."
Darling fled. The woman continued on
her way. cracking numerous heads and
finally winding up by hitting Frank W.
Morrison, a recent arrival from Indian
apolis, such a sharp blow that a lump
the slxe of a hen's egg was raised.
Mrs. Glvens will be examined as to her
sanity.
leged to have deserted her home "recent
ly, taking with her the household effects
and five head of cattle, but leaving be
hind an old mule. Edmonds preferred
charges of desertion against his wife,
and larceny, against a Pittsburg man.
Mule Frees Recreant Wife.
PITTSBURG. Nov. 17. Mrs. James
Edmonds, of Washington County, is al-
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Without Line
in the jgv
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perfect sight, with the discomfort
and unalghtllne-iB left out,
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of Bo- I f 1 1 v j are ff.
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of alsht , r- 4 extra
Tired and overworked eyes find rest
and relief in Thompson's glasses.
SIGHT
EXPERT
SKJCOIVD FLOOR CORBETT BUD.
Flrtk and Morrison.
THOMPSON
Early today the mule, Edmonds' only
possession, kicked him. causing his
death.
Directors Elect J. P. Morgan.
PORTLAND, Me.. Nov. 17. Charles a Lucius Tuttle was re-eloctcd president
Mellen, J. P. Morgan and William Skin
ner, three new directors of the Boston
& Maine Railroad, were elected to the
directorate of the Maine Central Rail
road at a meeting of the directors today.
WEEK-END SPECIAL
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Scad for Illustrated Cataloane
mailed free. Sirelal atten
tion arlven to mail orders.
PORTLAND'S LEADING FURRIERS
STYLISH SABLE
FOX SETS
Shawl Collar and Rug Muff
$30.00 VALUES Special for this
sale; set .com- rt " TC
plete P 1 O. D
Also exceptional values in' Sable
Opossum, Sable Squirrel, Japanese
Mink and Black Wolf, specially
priced for this sale.
ItvH. LIEBESsCO.
CORBETT BUILDING
288 MORRISON ST.
J. P. Plagemann, Manager.
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