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TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. MONDAY. DECE3IBEB 12, 1910. WHITE CUES OF BLAME IS SHIFTED SUPEEME COURT JUSTICE WHO WILL BE DESIGNATED CHIEF JUSTICE. Trie New W. B. Corsets for Spring 1911 On Display and Sale Today FAMILY OF JUDGES TO GUST Father and Grandfather Being on Bench Give Him Judi cial Inheritance. Exclusion Law Is Little Hon ored by Inspectors at San Francisco. ,1 ' II 1: 4 ll- T'.i;. f . s fx -'v-C-V'' '1 & CIVIL LAWS SPECIALTY INVESTIGATION IS ORDERED QMS MEN ja - - i'"'-r . 1 iiu ta ii f v--t . i! I. II! iH'l ifT ;1 Smnsjclrrs of Chines Work With Confidence Whisky Evades Payment of Dutjr-- Political "Pair Goern Jobs. SAN FRANCISCO. r II. 'Special.) Joins; far to aiitft ausplclon from tha Immlrratlon to the customs ae trice, the dramatic developmente In tha operations cf the imittcUni rir. which ha been brlnir!ir Ch;n slave Klris. coolie, and opium Into the United Htates at till port In wholesale Importations, have thrown a reat light on the plot In Ita moat vital vmrt- -. . nn Mart If. North waa auepecded m Commissioner of Immigration and 8rart and Kdsell were ent to Investi gate Ms office. It a with the knowl ds that tli Chinese xcluslon law was being honored bera mora In Ih breach tran In tha observance. Suspicion so far It waa defined at that time. f:ll naturally upon the offk-tala of tha Imrnirratlon service, and there waa do more toward an Investigation of tha rusionia houae men. Srnvallon Is Promised. Th discoveries on the Manchuria and cn the t'hljro Mini, however, have re pealed Important facta that were not known then, m'.th the result that a Wash ington lnvetlsrallvi f the ruMnms serv ice here jromleea more urnsutional devel opments than may come from tha Invea tlKsllon that Is aiilrr on at Angel Island. The absolute confidence with which the tao members of the arauxKllr.c tins walked on board the Manchuria on Sun dsy nlKht and proceeded to liberate tha li Chinese Mowawaya and hand them through an opened cargo port Into row boats la convincing; upon the point that th-y Imd no fear of the customs Inspect ors, who were stationed at tha gang plank, on the dock forward and aft. and on the deck of the steamer. Another disclosure that lias brourht tha nienmi service here Into unpleasant no torty !e the discovery by special agenta the Treasury Department that whisky has hren taken from tha lluslelt bonded warehouse In large quantities without the payment of the Government tax. Icaf Man on Guard. - Collector of tha Port Strati on baa dla mlsxed from the artlee an elderly man named O'Connell. who waa stationed by tr.e ctiatoma people to "watch" thia warehouse. It now develops that OTon rrll la ao deaf that It la said a whisky barrel rolling over tha floor would not attract Ma attrntlon. Indications are at rone for a general ehkrup In the customs wriice here. How far up it will la a qurst'on that can ba answered only Jy later develop ment. b"l a feeling of uneasiness ha manifested It If. Some of the higher of.'.cials manlfeat Irritation at mention or the brilliant work of Head. Penntnger. Sackett and lluffnker in rapturing tha atnwawaya from the Manchuria. Annt her feature of th conditions In tle custom service here thai la being made the c-bject of comment la tha large n-imher of rldr men employed aa In spectors from motlvea of political gratl fr.ie. rather than from any Idea that they are capable, or In any way equipped for t'te keener work expected of the service. sirn ef thee, pensioners spend their hours of dure In sMtlrg on t he end of a ri'M-k and gating Irily at the flowing tide. In Ml.sful abstraction. When the Investigation comes, these so!dlrs of gd fortune may be d's t irped In their dreams and a careful ecrutlnv of the details that have been given will be n-ade. with a view of de termining ! what eatent they were made neeful In tha operation of lha aer !.. as 1; r:a been comliicted. STOLEN GOLD IS CAPTURED Mx Men and One Woman In Jail for Alaska Theft. SAN FilAN0JSM"O. Iec. 11 Sia men and a wnman are In the r'.ty prison hers cn orders of the United Statea secret aer- l.-e bureau and tha local police that triey are rporsbIe for the theft of f In bullion from a shipment of gold aboard the steamer Humboldt on rn temher 11 !o.d bars valued at ap proximately $1' bava been recovered by the authorities. iapers found among the effecta of two of the prisoners ahow the '! worth of the gold has been sold. Those under arrest are fcX C. Bmilh and Ma wife. J. T. Woodson and bis brother, li. M Wovvlstvv. and three whoaa names the police have not divulge... The gold baa been Identified aa tha product of the Tanana district on tha ukon In Alaska, and It waa from a ton s gnment of th bullion, valued at tlio. D slowed In the treasury vaulta of the steamer liumbodlt the.1 the theft waa made. Sass, files, rasps and other Instru ments used In preparing the gold for sale were found In the Smiths room sod Uks Instruments, along with crucibles, were found among tha possessions of the Woodsons- Tha gold thst was recovered was found In a tafe-depostt box to whU-h Mrs. erolih held tha key. MRS. JOSEPH COLLIE DEAD Mother of Oregon Man and Iean of Ih-lolt Colk-ge Strkkcn. TtEI.PlT. Wla.. Dec. 11. 8perial.) Vn. Joseph Coil's, aged SS. mother of Dan Collie, of Belolt College, died to day at the home of ber son In this city after an Illness of two weeks of raraly sls. Phs was an early settler of South ern Wisconsin, and lived many years at Peiavan. Wis. lirr husband waa one of tha first elaae to graduate from Be lolt College, lie owned Camp Collie at peiavan for a long time and was a Con gregational minister. Dean Collie is In Europe on his re turn from a trip to Africa. Dr. tllenn Collie, of Miller. 8. D.. and W. II. Collie, of Oregon, sons, were with her at tha time of her death. Another aon r re Ides In California. Owner of Angelas Hotel Dead. tAI.LAS. Teg.. Dec. 11 (Special ) John w. Hunt, president and principal owner of the Hotel Southland, of Dallas, and owner of the Angelus Hotel. Los An geles. Cal.. died in a sanitarium at Dallas today from a complication of diseases. Mr. Hunt was also largely Interested In naval stores properties at Jacksonville, r .a, and waa rated as a multl-mllllon-aire. He was born In Wilson County. North Carolina. t years ago. Burial ' takes place at Cochran. Gt, Wednesday text.. ' r . . . v. :,', 'i EDWARD DorCLAS WHITE. TUFT NAMES WHITE Justice Succeeds to Head of Supreme Court Body. COMMERCE COURT CHOSEN Martin A. Knapp, Chairman at In terstale Commerce Commission, Heads Body William H. Hunt, of Montana, Honored. (-onllnued"rom First Tsgs.) Appeals; Arthur C.'Denlson. of Michi gan, at present Judge of the Western District of that state, and Julian W. Mark, or Chicago, now judge of tha Appellate Circuit Court of the First Illinois District. Mr. Mack Is a Demo crat. To fill vacancies on the Interatata Commerce Commission In place of Mr. Knapp. and ex-rienator Cockrell. of Missouri, who retires on December 31, It waa reported tonight that the Presi dent will name B. If. Meyer, of Wis ronsln. and C C. McChord. of Kentucky. Some Surprise Caused. The announcement that Justice White will be the new Chief Justlcs undoubtedly will cause some surprise, because It had been generally under stood that Justice, Charles. E. Hughes waa alated for that honor. -n or three dava. how ever. It became known that a chance In the head of the supreme ioti might be made. Some of tha presidents closest ad visers argued with him that Justlcs . . -i t the bar had not 1 1 U K lie. rinriiM - been sufficient to warrant his promo tion at this time to the highest Judi cial position in tha country. They said that Mr. Hughes- reputation as a lawyer had oeen aame.i ... hks conduct of two legislative Investi gations. Hughes Ability Itecoitnlied. ... - with the President thst everything points to a most brilliant K - Keneh for the SX-GOV career v " " ... .- ernor. At the same tlma they offered the argument tnai justice iua..v. Mn nn the bench, and ine jruuiiB.. - that his opportunity for promotion would corns later wnen ne the advantage of maturing experience. j lha reesiiient seea In Mr Hughes the qualities that ha be lieves essential In a Chief Justice. Young. vigorous. possessing great executlvs ability and with progressiva Ideas. Mr. Hughes was looked upon as the man who could do much to bring about reform In Judicial procedure in ""i."".:.--. h,i b,. careful in l ne x ir.i... ... - making hia eelectlons of Judges, and ha finally was Impressed by the objec tion of Inexperience of Justlca Hughes, eapeclslly on the bench. "rvs coupled with ths criticism of Mr. Hughes -waa ths highest prsJse as a man and as an Associate Justice. No appointment ths President has made has caused more favorable comment. Ths oppposttlon to Mr. Hughes at this tiros, on ths ground of Inexperience, came not only from the President- advl-cra In Washington, but also from the bar and - .... i . . i - ne ih. rarlnui courts. irom i ne juiun - - - Justice Hughes already Is popular among the Justices oi tne oiii -- -it Is rot believed they took any part in the arguments placed before the President. Politics Is taimtnaiea. Hughes and 'all niiiniiiaimt .1-..- - - n Atttsiiia. the court- President Taft. It Is aald. turned naturally to Juatlee w nue. in uoing eu, garded all political conalderatlona. Jus tice White la a Democrat, and was born In Louisiana. He waa appointed to the Supreme Court by Grover Cleveland and Is 63 years ol'L go far aa vvasnininon mum " nicnr iuis i n - Justice of a political faith opposite to - - . j . i hu.. . haan that oi tne niniuiBiiwn . appointed. Justice V nils waa iiransi mi" promotion. In October last. Just as ths . . - l...ln. tha Summee e n m I - X re. i .i i ' - - . tal at Beverly It became known that he ats seriously consid.Tlng his sppolnt- luatiMi The fmt was men. mm " " . . sent out In dispatches at the time. W hen ne waa again :n ianniiun, uv-.ei. . , , . . . i. - - aantlmarl ,rtv ernnrar and ne niian - e - - sll other candidates seemed eliminated from Cvnsiuerawi. , famous Cases Heard. As a mmber of the Supreme Court. It has fallen to Justice White's lot to par ticipate In some of the most famous caara In Its history of ths tribunal. Al though a Confederate soldier and a Dem ocrat, he Is said to hold probably the most clearly marked Ideas of Federalism of any Justice. He was with the Govern ment In all the so -colled Insular cases. In volving the riilllp.ilnes and other Island possessions. He rendered a minority opinion against the Government's contention In the Northern Securities case and also with the minority In voting to sustain the Income tax. Justice White has been on the Supremo b-nch for 16 years and Is now the oldest Justice In coinmlRJlon wliosa age Is less than 70. He graduated from Georgetown University. In addi tion to practicing law In loulslana he was a sugar planter. He arved In the Iulslana Legislature s a Senator, served for several years on the Stale Supreme bench, and subsequently was elected to the I'nlted States Senate. He was serving his first term in that body when President Cleveland appo'nted him to the Supreme Court. Judge Willis Vandevanter, who Is gen erally conceded to be one of President Taffs selections as sn associate Justice, participated in the now famous Standard Oil declidon rendered In the eighth cir cuit. Mr. Taft debated for some time as to the propriety of taking a Judge from trite circuit and elevating him to the Su preme Court, where he might pass again upon these coses. Many Decisions Given. As courts often reverse themselves, Mr. Tsft felt thst If new evidence Jus tified such a course, a man might also reverse himself. Judge Vandevanter la regarded as eminently fair and Just. Thoae were the qualities tha President ws seeking in his candidates. He is re garded as a high authority In land cases. He served on the Wyoming Supreme Court several years and for aeven yeara was an assistant Attorney-General. Judge Lamar, of Georgia, the Demo crat who is said to have been selected, has been known personally to the Presi dent for several years. Mr. Taft early decided that one of the new aasociato Justices should be a Democrat. Judpu Unur served two and a half years on the Supreme Court of Georgia and now is a lending member of the Southern bar. His appointment will bring the Demo cratic representations of the Supreme Court up to three members, ths others being the new Chief Justice snd Justice LaUrton of Tennessee. The tolal member ship of the court Is nine. Knox Is Vandcvantcr'i Sponsor. A final Cabinet conference, on the Ju dicial Improvements was beld at the White House late today. It was attended by the lawyer members. Secretaries Knox i Dickinson, Nagle and Attorney-General Wlckersham. it was suid to have been Mr. Knox's influence which finally turned the tide In favor of Judge Vandevanter ss sgalnst Judge William C. Hook, also ' of the Klghth Circuit. I Reports that President Taft would be swayed by factional considerations In his , own party in making Supreme Court ap pointments were quickly ended tonight ! when the slate became public. Mr. Taft baa been exceedingly restive under these reports and it waa reported that twice within the last week he waa on the verge of giving out statements In refutation of some of the more radical reports. in his consideration of the entire ques tion of appointments the President In vited 0 Senators to the White House. Thla was because the recommended can didates represented S states. All the Senators srsponded to the President's In vitation with the exception of Senator La- Follette. of Wlaconein, the insurgent. I The presence of Senator Cummins, of Iowa. Senator Borah, of Idaho, and other leaders of the Insurgent wing of the party, at the White House caused much comment at 'the time. The President, however, felt he could not draw either parly or factional lines In an investiga tion of the scope that he desired his Supreme Court Inquiry to be made. it wss said none of the Senatorial con ferences were for the purposes of decid ing on the final slate. Through them the President was seeking Information as to men strongly urged. Many of these names soon were eliminated from consid eration. SALE TO BEGN AT 2 P. M. Insurance Company's Inspector Must First Kin mine Ctiickerlngs. After the advertisement had been sent to the Sunday papers, which announced the unusual sale of Chlckeriug pianos, the Marine Insurance Company's repre sentative received Instructions to person ally verify each Individual number of the two carloads of Chickerlng grands and uprights which arc to be sacrificed. Therefore, the sale of these 12 dicker ing!", as snnounced In yesterday's Ore gonian. will not begin at Ellera Music Houae until S o'clock thia afternoon. Submarine Knglneer Dies. SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Dec. 11. Henry W. Ley. the second-class electrician on board the submarine Grampus, who was Injured by the blowing out of an Intake valve yesterday, died early today. He was .4 years old and had been In the Tavv about two years and In the sub marine branch of the service only a few weeks. The body will be sent to Boul der, Colo, where bis parents live. New Chief Justice Is Confederate War Veteran, Served In Louisi ana Legislature and National Senate Three Years. WASHINGTON'. Dec. 11. Justice Ed ward Douglas White was. strictly speak ing, the lone Southern representative on the Snpreme bench for several years. Coming from a family of Judges, his father ar.d grandfather having been on the bench. Justice White has hsd a Ju dicial Inheritance, as well ss a legal training. Iiis knowledge of the civil law la generally regarded as the most pro found of sny man who ever sot on the Supreme bench. Of late years he has developed a specialty for questions of In terstate commerce. He was born In the Parish of Lafour che. La.. In November, 1843. His par ents were Catholics and he himself pro fesses that faith. Educational Advantages Many. In his early youth he attended school at Mount St. Marya near Kmmettsburg. Md.: later he entered the Jesuit College In New Orleans, and finally he went to Georgetown College. Washington. D. C. Justice White served In the Confed erate Army In the Civil War; practiced law In Louisiana; became a sugar planter on its lowlands. His ability and high character were recognized by the people in repeated commissions as a public official. In 1873 he was elected a senator In the Louisiana Legislature. Four years later he was appointed Jus tice of the Supreme Court of the State and served until the new Constitution went into efTect in 1879. making all of flees In the state vacant In 1891 Mr. White became a National figure. A Senatorial contest was waged in Louisiana. Mr. White entered the race. He had managed the campaign of Governor Nichols for re-clectlon and had been prominent In the reform ele ment of his state. He had fought vig orously for the anti-lottery movement. ...a Legislature finally chose him ro succeed Senator Kustlce. He Served Three Years In Senate. Justice White waa in the Senate three years before he waa elevated to the Supreme bench by President Cleveland in 1894. In that period he distinguished himself on two occaslona. Once waa in the debate on the anti-option law when Senator White made a profound legal argument against the constitu tionality of the measure. Another occasion was the struggle over the repeal of the Sherman Act, when he advocated the views President Cleveland was known to entertain on the subject. Ills nomination to the bench ended a memorable contest In the Senate. Two New Torkers had been nomi nated by President Cleveland, but both failed of confirmation. Throwing to the winds the custom which for 88 years had kept a New York man on the bench. Mr. Cleveland named Senator White. He waji confirmed within an hour. AMELIA YOUNG IS DEAD WIDOW OF MORMOV LEADER IS GOXE AT AGE OF 72. Rcmancc of Beautiful Daughter of William Folsom and Church Dictator Is Recalled. SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 11. Amelia Folsom Young, widow of the famous Mormon prophet and leader. Brlgham Young, died at her home here today. She was 72 years of age and her death was caused by paralysis, with which she had suffered for three years. Mrs. Young played an Important part In the early history of Utah, and it was for her that Brlgham Young built what Is known as Amelia's Palace, one of the show places of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Young was born in Buffalo, N. T.. August S3. 1838, her father being William H. Folsom. who had Joined the Mormon faith. He later moved to Nau voo. JI1-, where he was prominent in the affairs of the church. Later he moved his family to Utah, reaching Salt Lake when his daughter was 22 years of age. Amelia Folrom Young was Brigl.am Young's seventeenth wife, snd is said to have been his favorite. Thirty-five years sgo Brlgham Young was the husband of 19 or 30 wives. Now alL but two are dead. Her first meeting with the church leader was when, as a child, she had seen him in her father's home in Illi nois. Nearly 20 years later she met him again, and those familiar with the early history of the church declare that It was love at once. They were mar ried January 21, 1863, and a short time thereafter the construction of the pal sce was begun. Following the death of her husband In 1377 she sold the palace and later traveled in Europe. She Is described as having been a most beautiful woman and one of the most brilliant in the early history of the state. She left no children, but surround ing her bed when death came were many men Rnd women who have been prominent In the Mormon Church for years. She died in the house which was her home when she came first to Utah. , FLOOD CAUSES DAMAGE ITALIAN RIVIERA OX RAMPAGE AXD CITIES IXDERMIXED. Miles of Cultivated Flowers Devas tated Several Persons Drown. More Damage Feared. ROME, Dee. 11. The Italian Riviera has suffered greatly from recent storms and the weather threatens more loss. Miles of cultivated flowers have been devastated. San Remo is flooded and many residents were compelled In . W. B. Reduso Gbrsets do not squeeze, do not force, do not press the figure. Without the aid of any strap or attachment, simply by the scientific arrangement and placing of the gores, the W B REDUSO actually accomplishes the remarkable reduction of one to tive inches in the measurement of hips and abdomen, without pressure or discomfort. TWO MODELS, $3.50 AND $5.00 . 1 . W. B. Nuform Corsets combine style perfection and fit with comfort, at popular prices. They fit the figure with the exactness of custom tailoring, and afford a most effective foundation for fashionable eowns. A lare variety of individual designs is provided m all sizes and lengths, so that every woman can find a model specially adapted to her require ments, giving the figure superb, graceful lines. i THREE MODELS, $2.50, $3.50 AND $4.00 Lipman, Wolfe & Co., Portland Representatives the nlitht to escape from windows on rope ladders, their houses being sur rounded with water. Several persons have been drowned. Railway traffic Between Bordlgrhera and the French frontier has been in terrupted because of washouts. All rivers In the north are at flood stage. The Tiber also Is rising fast. The hill on which the village of Fentemiovo Is situated is being rapidly undermined. MADRID, Dec. 11. Spalji has been visited by a second cyclone, more se vere than that which swept the west ern portion of the country a few days ago. Many persons have been killed or Injured and the low-lying districts are flooded. Lower Seville Is submerged and It is feared the whole city will be en tirely under water shortly. 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O wing to the proof not being changed our Millinery Advertisement in The Sunday Gregonian reads: Choice of any Untrimmed Hat in the store $ 1 0.00. This should read: Choice of any Trimmed Hat in store $ 1 0. LIPMAN, WOLFE & CO. BUILD ROAD TO TAP MINES Company Is Organized by J. W. Ferguson to Open Up Rich Silver Belt. I From the Spokane Chronicle, Nov. S6.1 The Pend Oreille & Coeur d'Alene Kallwav Company ha been organized bv J. W. Ferguson, of Sandpoint, and associates. The road, which is designed for the transportation of ore, will have its starting point at Lakevlew on Lake Pend Oreille and will terminate at Chloride in Horse Shoe Canyon, a dis tance of six mile3, tapping one of the ,richest silver-lead belts in Idaho. It will afford transportation facilities for the Weber, Keep Cool, Shooneah and Swastika mines, which will be in a position to furnish 500,000 tons of ore by the time the road is completed. Considerable development has taken place in the district, but no ore shipped. Vith the completion of the new road an ' activity such as has not been wit nessed in years Is predicted. Mr. Fer guson has been active In the develop ment of the country and is directly re sponsible for the new road. Off the Market January 1 ! r..tiv aihares will be withdrawn from this market January 1. xh,X lO cents now on Installments of 10 cash and 10 per month. We fell confident this mine will pay as much as 200 per annum on all rnoiev put Into its stock, and more when in full operation but no more stock after the first of the year. OVK FHEB BOOKLET TELLS ALL ABOUT IT The Swastika Mining & Development Co., Ltd. 220 DREXEL BLDG, SECOXD AXD YAMHILL STB, PHONE MAIN 8720. PORTLAND, OR.