THE MORNING OREGQNIAN, TUESDAY, DECE3IBER 14, 1909. RUSSIA DISCLAIMS POLITICAL DESIGN Control of Harbin and Other Municipalities Not Desired, Says Kokovsoff. ALTERNATIVE PLAN ASKED Supervision Would Be Turned Over to Consular Roily and Russia Would Sell Manchurian Railroad, He Declares. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 12. M. Ko kovsoff, Minister of Finance, in an im portant statement tonight declared the Russian Railway Company had no de sire to wield political power In Man churia, and was prepared to waive its right to control over the municipalities of Harbin and other points if a satis factory substitute could be devised. This was the feature of the Russo Chinese contention to which the United States and other powers objected. Ac cording to the Minister, some form of municipal administration at Harbin, empowered to collect taxes for various public works and schools, is a self evident necessity. Police to Bo. Maintained. He said he was ready to discuss pro posals intrusting the necessary super vision to the consular body, but that the railroad would reserve the right to police its own premises and buildings. No objections could be raised to other features of the proposed municipal councils, since they placed all foreign and Chinese residents on absolute equality. The Minister declared that the Rus sian guards in Manchuria would not be withdrawn, as has been suggested. The detailed protest of China against the Russian memorandum sent to the pow ers in October declares specifically that the administration of affairs at Harbin does not concern Russia, and it was thought that this protest might be a preliminary to a demand by China for the withdrawal of the Russian guards. Russia Would Sell Railroad. Confirming previous dispatches, M. Kokovsoff said Russia was ready to consider a serious proposal for the sale' of the Manchurian Railroad, either to China, financed by an international syndicate, or to such a syndicate direct, although Russia would prefer to wait for the completion of the Amur Rail way. He could not state the approxi mate terms on which the railroad would be disposed of, but he said that the fact that Russia had invested $176, 000,000 in Manchurian railroads must be considered. The Minister denied the Berlin report that rails for the Amur and second trans-Siberian lines would be purchased in the United States. Russian industry, he added, needed the contracts. In conclusion M. Kokovsoff said that the Russo-Japanese war scare which was agitating the Russian press was not to be taken seriously. The state ment of M. Kokovsoff foreshadows a satisfactory settlement. FAMILIAR SNAPSHOT OF KING OF THE BELGIANS, WHO IS DYING. PORTRAIT OF COUPLE WHO PROBABLY WILL BECOME KING AND QUEEN, AND VIEW OF ROYAL PALACE. IDAHO PIONEER IS DEAD Mrs. Mary Michaels, Sister of Oregon Men, Dies Near Weiser. WEISER. Ida.. Dec. IS. (Special.) Nancy J. Michaels, a pioneer of the "West, passed away at her home on Mann Creek several miles from this city, Friday morning, after a ten days" illness. The funeral was held Satur day. Deceased was 69 years of age and was born in Sullivan County, Missouri. She crossed the plains with a team in ,1864. settling at Union, Or., in 1877. 1 She came to Idaho, locating near Weiser, where she has since resided. Surviving her are two sons, J. 1 and Miles Michaels, of this pity. An adopt ed son, Ltni Watkins, of Council, Idaho, a daughter,' Mrs. Daniel Ackley, of Boise, and four brothers, Daniel Balrd, of Union, Or., David Balrd, of Sparta, Or., Thomas Baird, in Colorado, and George Balrd, in Missouri. STUDENT RESCUES OLD MAN Aged Salem Man Swept Dovrn Creek 100 Feet Before Saved. SALEM. Or., Dec 13. (Special.) Thomas Lawrence, aged 76, while on his way to church last evening stepped into the Mill CTeek ditch and was swept down stream nearly 100 feet before he was res cued by Floyd "Walker, a student at a local business college. This open ditch has claimed many vie - tlma, about one person each year having been drowned there lor the past 15 years. it Is said. FRIEND LOSES, KILLS SELF John Mulholland Carries Out Pre' Election Threat. SANTA BARBARA. Cal., Dec 13. John tMulholland. harnes9-maker, carried out a pre-election threat this afternoon when he shot himself through the head, dying later at a hospital. Mulholland "was an admirer of a candi date for Miyor who was defeated. Mulhol land said before the election that if his friend were defeated he would kill himself. LURTON SUPREME JUDGE Taft Appoints Tennessee Democrat to Vacant Seat on Bench. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. The President nominated Horace H. Lurton, of Tennes see to be an Associate Justice of the Su preme Court of the United States today. Judge Lurton Is a Tennessee man. and was appointed Judge of the Sixth Circuit by President Cleveland, March 27, 1S33. He was a Democrat In politics at that time. SALEM SEEKS PURE WATER Capital City Council Will Consider Project. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 13. (Special.) To morrow night the City Council will hold a special adjourned session, when it probable definite steps will be taken to bring the proposition of a mountain water system before the voters of the city. The budget for the coming year will also be discussed at length. Ill "ltr ' Ip, II - K '4 II l Mf : " I iSRllillllllBlli SSfSSSi ' !!!liif WSx ' "fiiiiil LEOPOLD FIGHTS Oil Operation Is Last Resort, but Case Is Desperate. PREPARES FOR LAST ENEMY Aged King's Mind Is Clear and He Calmly Makes Will, Receives Sac rament, Says FareweU to Daughter and Friends. (Continued From First Pag.) formed that, if the King died, she would not be allowed to remain In Belgium. STRENGTH RAPIDLY LOST Physicians Decide Operation Must Be Performed Tuesday. PARIS. Dec. 13. A dispatch to the Matin from Brussels says the King dozed Into a quiet sleep tonight. Although he doesnot suffer, his strength is diminish ing so rapidly that it has been decided to operate at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Dr. Depage will perform the operation. Dr. Thlriar, the royal physician, who has known the King for 20 years, declaring that he did not have the courage. "The memory of our long friendship," he said, "would make the scalpel drop from my nervous Angers." King Leopold has had nothing except port wine and ice for three days. He is so., emaciated that M. Schollaert, the; pre mier, burst into tears at seeing him. of his own personal life whispered by every tongue. Leopold lay tonight in The Palms," a little pavilion of six rooms, close to the great Lacken at tended by his faithful daughter Princess Clementine, Crown Prinoe Albert and the royal household. The castle is empty, for the King sold all the furniture, dismissed the servants and withdrew to the pavilion, not far from the chateau, which is the home of his most Intimate friend. Baroness Vaughan. Last Preparations for Death. The day was a mixture of anxiety, hope and despair. As his strength failed the King, his chaplain, an aged priest with tears wetting his cheeks, ap proached the bed to hear the King's confession and administer communion and extreme unction. In the morning the King, assisted by a notary and so licitors, settled his private affairs. He discussed points in his will with perfect composure. In the afternoon he took farewell of the court officials. To Count Oultremont marshal of the court, his majesty said: i "You have served me well for more than 20 years. I am grateful. Before I die, I want to te-. you so and give you my thanks." The King then summoned Princess Clementine, whom he kissed several times, telling her not to cry. She was led fainting from the room. Other rela tives followed. Subsequently he received the papal nuncio, who brought the benediction of the holy father, and the Spanish Minis ter. The Mayor of Brussels came to the castle as the bearer of the good wishes of the people of Brussels, and to express the popular hope that His Majesty would recover, but the King was too tired to receive him. May See Banished Daughter. Fate destined that Leopold's illness should occur in the simple pavilion In stead of the royal palace at Brussels. While it is understood to have been a whim of the sovereign that caused the closing of the castle, this action probably had to do with the King's plan to place most of Ills personal and real property in control of a stock company, to permit the inheritance to pass to his daughters undisturbed by scandals, such as followed the death of the Queen. Princess Louise, whose creditors tried to prevent her from receiving her Inheri tance to the Queen Jewels,, has offered a dramatic touch to the present situation by sending Irom Hungary an Insistent ap peal to her father to receive her. and it is rumored tonight that the King has consented- to see his banished daughter. Nothing has been heard from Princess Stephanie. , Not Understood by Belgians. - A curious circumstance Is the fact that Brussels appears to be more occupied with the sensational chapters in King Leopold s career than witn his illness. The situation is summarized by a well- informed official, who said tonight: "Leopold does not understand the Bel gians, and the Belgians do not understand Leopold. So, perhaps, they have grown apart. The Belgians have come to con sider King Leopold as a great man of business, a great international promoter. who at the same time has done much good for Belgium." Baroness Vaughan, it is rumored, in sisted upon seeing the King today, thus furnishing an exciting incident, but did not succeed In carrying out her plan. It is also reported that she was in- IN DREAM, DEATH SEEN GIRL WITNESSES IX MIND LAKE ERIE DISASTER. TAFT IS SHOPPER With Wife He Buys Christmas Presents in New York. JEWELRY IS PURCHASED Sarah Clancy, Sister of One of Miss ing- Perry Crew, Declares All on Board Are Lost. ERIE. Pa., Dec. 13. Declaring that in a dream she saw car ferry Bessemer & Marquette No. 2 founder on the angry billows of Lake Erie on Tuesday night. Miss Sarah Clancy, Bister of one of the 38 missing men, insists that her brother is dead and all with him are lost. Five of the nine bodies picked up by the Commodore Perry yesterday, the first of the remains found of the ferry crew. were sent to their homes tonight. The Commodore Perry, which brought in the bodies Sunday afternoon, lay in her slip all afternoon with steam up, but such a gale blew over the entire lake region that to venture upon the waters of the lake would have been sui cidal. The wind subsided tonight. ' A report was received this afternoon that another yawl -boat had been sunk near Westfleld. N. Y. This rumor proved false. The wind would have washed all bodies and wreckage towards the Ca nadian shore, and lake men expect the discovery will be made on the other side of the lake. DIVORCE TANGLES GUT WIFE MAN ONCE LOST IS AGAIN, HIS BY LAW. Numerous Previous Rulings Are TJp set by Decision of Judge v Shackleford. TACOMA. Wash., Dec. 13. (Special.) In a decision handed down at 11 o'clock tonight at the conclusion of a special night session of court, Superior Judge Shackleford untangled one of the most complex divorce cases ever tried in Pierce County. Under the Court's ruling, Francis M. Rynerson. director and stockholder of Fidelity Mining & Milling Company, of Seattle, is declared the legal husband of Henrietta M. Rynerson, ' whom he married in 1881. Bessie L, Brumbaugh, who Rynerson married after his wife divorced him in 1900, is declared not his legal wife at all. In declaring Rynersons first marriage In full force and effect. Judge Shackle ford overrules a divorce granted by Su perior Judge "W. H. Kean, November 1, 1900; sustains an order vacating the di vorce issued by the late Superior Judge Thad Huston on July 26. 1906; overrules an order Issued by Superior Judge M. L. Clifford on May 1, 1908, setting aside Judge Huston's vacation order, and grants Mrs. Rynerson s complaint ana bill in equity asking that her marital relations with Rynerson be established. Auto Kills Ballard. ST. LOUIS, Dee. 13. Theodore Bal lard, a former president of the Mer chants Exchange, was run "down and killed by an automobile driven by an 18 year-old boy tonight. Charley Taft to Get Gold Watch and Other Members of Family Will Be Remembered Busy Two Days Ahead. NETVV YORK. Dec. 13. President and Mrs. Taft went shopping in Fifth avenue today. The aftermath of last night's storm, a heavy downpour of rain, did not bother the Nation's ruler and his wife. They were accompanied by Mrs. Thomas Laughlln, sister of Mrs. Taft, who lives at Pittsburg. The advent of the President and party in a prominent Jewelry establishment was entirely un expected and the holiday throng forgot the problem of Christmas presents for the time being when word of the arrival of the distinguished newcomers spread about the place. The President, Mrs. Taft and Mrs, Laughlln were ushered into a private room on the third floor of the establish ment and a battery of salesmen was placed at their .disposal. A score of gifts for various members of the White House family were purchased. Tray after tray of glittering gold and silver rinkets was borne to the room. Among the articles purchased was a watch for Charley Taft, a bracelet and other things for Miss Helen and a pres. ent for Robert Taft, who is a Yale senior. President Taft will spend tonight at the home of his brother, Henry W. Taft. Tomorrow he .will go to New Haven to attend a meeting of the Yale Corporation, of which he is a member, and will be the guest of honor. He will also be a guest of the New Haven Chamber of Commerce at its banquet tomorrow night Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Laughlln will re main in the city shopping until Wednes day or Thursday. The President will return to Washington Wednesday morn. ing. WOMAN LAWYER VICTOR Denver Judge Orders Election Board to Certify tx Returns. DENVER. Dec. 13-Mrs. Helen B. Jones, who is fighting In the courts for a seat on the Denver School Board, with a woman lawyer. Miss Gail Laughlln, as her attorney, gained a victory against the election trustees today when Judge Shattuck. of the District Court, sustained a demurrer and ordered the judges of the election to certify the returns to the Skshool Board at once. Sarsaparilla So combines the ' great curative principles of Roots,- Barks and Herbs as to raise them to their highest efficiency; hence its un equaled cures. Get it today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. AND CALLING CARDS W.G.SMITH & CO WASHINGTON BLWTV WASKINCTQM. 5 f f Beautifully-decorated boxes, ' I J U U U fu: 1 oday Boxes Paper containing linen fabric fashion able society paper with enve lopes to match, in the latest and most fashionable sizes. Values up to 40c a box. Special 19 cts. YOU PAY ONLY FACTORY PRICES IN THIS GREAT SALE OF PYROGRAPHY If you are a wood burner and familiar with these artistic and unique articles for Christmas gifts you will be intensely interested in this sale. A delayed shipment occasioned by the recent switchmen's strike on the Northern Pacific brought a large stock of pyrography to a Seattle firm. This shipment they refused, notifying the manufacturers. Not wishing to have this great stock returned to the factory, the manufacturers asked us to dispose of this shipment for them. We dictated the terms of sale You get all the benefit, Tomorrow we offer 1 0,000 pieces of Pyrography all at factory prices. As examples of the saving, we quote the following: $5.00 Burning Outfits, special $2.95 $4.00 Burning Outfits, special. . ..$2.68 $3.00 Burning Outfits, special JJ51.98 1000 assorted 15c panels special. ... .9 1000 assorted 20c panels, special. . .12 2000 assorted 50c, 65c panels, sped., 3S , New 40c Pipe Racks, special 19 New 40c Glove Boxes, special 19 New 40c Handkerchief Boxes, spcl. .19 New $1.50 Tabourettes, special 69 New $1.00 Paper Racks, special 49 New 69c Pipe Racks, special 29 New 35c Match Racks, special 14 New 25c Tie Racks, special. 9 New $10 Magazine Stands, sped. .$4.00 Thousands of other articles similarly reduced. ANOTHER DAY'S DELAY AND YOU'LL BE TOO LATE $3. 00 Seal Bags with Initial of Heavy Gold Plate, Special $1.98 Yesterday we sold 390 of these bags. The balance are being offered today at the same ' price. ,We doubt if you could buy a more sui able or serviceable Christmas gift for the price than these bags. They come in black, brown, tan and navy; all fitted with coin purses and with double strap handles. Don't Delay Your Picture Framing Orders.- Time is Almost Here IVhen We Will Have to Disappoint You. No Other Store Can Do the Work, QjlQ'VQ Three-clasp dress kid, one and two-clasp SlDecial SI cape style, in different stitching, pique effects, w, a 1 e two-clasp Mocha gloves. All of such good ' V quality, and style that at $1.27 a pair, the price of these gloves, reaches the very lowest level in glove selling, orth up to $2.25 ' ' I PRINCESS, MOYENAGE AND ONE-PIECE DRESSES Regular $25 Values, Special $9.95 A special purchase of high-class dresses for women and misses enables us to offer for tomorrow 78 newest models in dresses of French serge, broadcloth, prunella and Jersey cloth in black and colors. Some are made in strictly plain tailored styles. Others braided or trimmed with silk braid. $65 Finest Tailor-made Suits $29.75 The assortment comprises about 48 of our newest tailor made suits in black .and colors, also in fancy worsteds. The styles are all the newest .and mid-winter models made 42 to 50 inches long and lined with the finest quality silk or satin. The materials are broadcloths, cheviots and serges. $5 Silk Petticoat, Special at $3.29 A special offering, extra quality taffeta silk petticoats in one of the newest tailor-made models. The Colors are black, navy gray, changeable green, changeable blue and change able red. Made with full circular flounce and trimmed with straps and small tucks. The petticoats make most accept able Christmas gifts and at the price, $3.29, is a saving that is more than worth while. BUY NOW. Today We Hold a Sale of Christmas Aprons Just Two Prices, 29c and 59c LADIES' WHITE LAWN APRONS Plain and dotted Swiss; long or short, round or square shape. Trimmed with duster tucks, lace or embroidery inser tion, beading or ribbon. Values to 40c, Special. 29 LADIES' LONG OR SHORT APRONS With or without bib, revers and straps. Trimmed with cluster tucks, em broidery, insertion and edgings. . Also fancy tea aprons of Swiss with beading and ribbon. Regular value 75c, spcl.,' 59 It's NewThe Monopress., For Embossing Paper 25c Something new for embossing paper. Every combination monogram in the al phabet. Newer than wax and more re fined. The Monopress costs but 25c. By using this simple device you can emboss your paper and envelope in an instant. 3000 Pictures at 35c On a big table in our Picture Depart ment. Pretty, dainty, refined pictures in a variety of very pretty frames. 23-in. Full Jointed Dolls $1.15 Is the Biggest and Best Special Ever Offered 200 of Them, Reg. $2, Go on Sale Today FULL JOINTED BODY DOLLS Bisque head, curly hair, movable eyes; 16-inch length ; stockings and slippers. Regular value $1.25, special 79 JOINTED AND KID BODY DOLLS With bisque head, curly hair, movable eyes ; with or without eyelashes. Celluloid jointed-body dolls and jointed-body, fancy - dressed dolls. Regular values to 75c; special 59 Jointed body, celluloid and bisque; values to 45c, special ;v 25