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withdrawn, as has been suggested.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.
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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