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VOL. L-Q. 15,620. HEYBUHH BLOCKS TARIFF REVISION Opposition by Idahoan Alone Enough. . TAFT PROGRAMME IS OPPOSED Proposal to Begin With Wool Schedule Not Pleasing. COMBINE FALLS THROUGH tamxntm and TV-rnocrata Are Xteited M to Chmnro of Rules. Important Wcstpra Jlcannre XOelT to Bo Beaten. TTT TIJUiRT J. TmOVTV. OREOONIAM KEW8 BURKAC. Wuk tssrton. Dec Although the Senate Is practically agreed, to all outward sp pwaranca. that the tariff ought to be revised ad-tule by schedule, there win be no rerUlon this session. There are nameroua reasons why thle la so. bnt Senator Hey bum. of Idaho, la opposed to any modification of the Pnyne-Aldrlch bill thia Winter, and that reason alone la sufficient to present legislation. 8a great are Uie filibustering abili ties of the senior Senator from Idaho that the Senate will not seriously at tempt to pass any kind of a tariff bill In the limited time now at Its disposal. Wool Stairs Opposed. As a nattT of fact there are other Senators besides Heyburn who are op posed to revision at this time, espe cially to revision that brains with the wool schodule. and that la the schedule slated for first consideration whenever the Senate and House of Bepresentatlves amend tticlr rules to provide for piece meal rrvlsl.sj of the tariff. Senators from states where wooljrowlna; Is a k ad Ins Industry are not at all pleased with the tentative programme auegrsted by the President, and some amons them would Join with Senator Heyburn if oc casion arose. When the attempt la made to modify the rukrs of the House ao sa to permit the revision of the tariff In the maimer suggested by the President, there will be no Insurceut-Detmx-ratie combine, and without soch a combine the pro posed change will be made with diffi culty. Democrats After Record. There are quite a few Democrats U) the House who do not favor the con templated change In the rules, for they are kapfclng forward to the next Congress when they will control the House, and when they hope to pass a bill making radical changea In the Fayne-Aldrlcb. bin all the way throuch. Of coarse, sveh a bltl will not pass the Republican Passat, bnt for all that the Democrat want to make a record for themselves la the House: hence their opposition lo the Taft plan. LJttla local at slsUt loo will be passed by the Hon of Representatives until the appropriation bills are out of the way. These bills are being rushed through with enprecedented rapidity by the House, and If the committees are prompt In thetr reports, the last appropriation bill can be disposed of by the middle of January. They wltl all come back for ocond consideration after they have been passed and amended by the Senate, but. with dn diligence, the House should be able to devote one full month to leg islation other than appropriations. irae ting, however. Is retarding local Uclstatlon. aside from the appropriation bills. That Is -calendar Wednesday." provided for at the last session when the Insurgents and Democrats combined to amend the House bills so aa to "expe dite'" legislation. This "calendar Wed DMdij" is working out exactly as Speaker Cannon and other experienced lupubllcan predicted. tw Rale lllnilrrs. It Is sa obstacle, and not a help. l"nder If., -calendar Wednesday" rule, bllla on the Mouse calendar are taken up in the order of the committees rcporttns; them, and a committee Is entitled to two full Wednesd4vs If It has translation enoush t consume that much time. But If any commute has a bill penulrg undisposed of at the cke of the seooni Wednes day. It can hold the boards on eavb suc rreUliig Wednesday until the bUl Is dla poeed of. jl so happens that the rail at the I'penine of the present session rested with the committee on revision of the laws. Slid that committee brooxht up a broad rod Mil which It Is feared will teulre every W"edn.lsy of the present Ion. Already It haa killed off tsro Wednesdays and is not half through. If thia bin Is not sidetracked In some wsy. one day of each remaining week of th. short acaslon must he given over to Its consideration, and no other legislation of mr sort can be called up on Wednesdays- Mondays and Fridays, under the amended House rules, are aTso set apart f. r srrl work. District of Columbia legislation, pensions, claims, etc. so that nl- three dare remain out of each week In aMch lo consoler general and local r-lcrn Hill Tic J I p. This unfortunate situation may mean the defeat of several bills In whirl) t.".c V cat Is vltjlly Int-reat.d. Koremt SHERIFF WOUNDED; BOY GUARDS BODY PLfCRV SOX llOLUS DESPERATE MKS IS JAIX. Four Escapo After Healing Officers m - .l Unconscious " at ToInC or Empty Rifle. t.ima. 0 Dec 1$. Four prisoners In the county Jail here won their way to freedom thla afternoon after a mur .. ....,.t on Sheriff Van Curten. Standing over hie unconscious father. the Sheriffs 16-year-old son dci -six remaining Inmates at bay with an empty rifle until help came. Charles Collins. Spencer Stevens, Wil liam Evans and Herman Bergcr were the men who escaped. Bergor and Ev ans were shortly afterward recaptured, but their companions are still at lib erty. The men wrenched off tne locas of the Inner prison door witn an iron bar taken from one or tne oeas. As the prisoners made a rush for llb short IT Van Ourten ran oat of his i ... .trni-k down br Collins. who carried the Iron bar. His two sons had followed him. and tne younger, snatching; up aa empty rifle, ordered the men back to their cells. Four of them raahed past him. but the rest obeyed. The Sheriffs condition Is serious. TUBE 1000 MILES LONG Chicago and Sew York to Be Con nected with Package Chute. niirmn rv 1 Jt The Record-Her ald tomorrow will announce the com ni.tion of an enarlneerlna project for the construction of a tunnel between hra and New York and other fcastero cities. According- to the plans, the tun nel will be of sufficient dimensTons to carry telephone and telegraph wires and a pneumatic tube for the transmis sion of packages. "Terminals here and In New York have been constructed. says the rennet- "and In a short time men will be placed at Intervals along the proposed route to begin the actual worn oi ex cavation." CHINESE ROYALTY BALKS Throne Rejects Demand for Imme diate Creation of Cabinet- PKhirX. Dec. Is. The throne has Is sued an edict refusing to create a constitutions! cabinet In compliance with a memorial recently presented by the National Assembly and also de clining to accept the resignations of the grand councillors. The Imperial Senate also adopted a resolution praying for the Immediate creation of a cabinet, and It waa be lieved the throne had decided to ac cede. The National Assembly will meet tomorrow and the whole subject will be discussed. . WARM WEATHER IN ORDER Washington Declare Western States Will See Fair Dais. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. General barometric pressure distributed over the northern hemisphere Is such as to Indicate that this week will be one of moderate temperature In practically all parts of the country, according to the Government Weather Bureau. A disturbance that covered the great lakes today will more eastward and cause enow In that region and snow or rain In the Middle Atlantic and New England Statea Monday. Another dis turbance will appear in the Northwest Monday night or Tuesday and move along the northern border and reach the St. I.awrenc early Thursday. The precipitation will not be general. 1 IDAHO SENATOR WHOSE ABILITY AS FILIBUSTER PREVENTS EARLY TARIFF REVISION. ! . . v . . . : " r 1 1 : .s$t- v.:vv - i ; -:- ,..f . t - . .i ' ... V'HSUv.C'i'C ' : .... V V' t a- - - ' . fcanimfi 'nTr "r W . B. A V Xfc A. jL.m.A.i v - ' sssasssss 1 1 BUCKETSHDP men FACE GRAND JURY 50 Indictments Will . Be Demanded. SECRET-SERVICE MEN ACTIYE Connection of Western Union to Be Investigated. PROFITS -REACH MILLIONS Promoters Said to Hare Reaped $7,500,000 From Tolat Business of $10,000,000 More Raids Said to Be Planned. CHICAGO. Dec. 18. (Specigl.) In vestigation of the alleged relations be tween officials of the Western Union Telegraph Company and the "bucket shop" ring- will be started tomorrow Immediately after the new Federal Grand Jury haa been Impaneled and organized. Fifty or more subpoenaes already have been placed In the hands of the United States marshal for wit nesses. While Judge Landl. before whom the Jury will be Impaneled, may not give specific Instructions regarding the In quiry, the Department of. Justice, act Ins; under orders from Attorney Gen eral Wlckersham, haa made prepara tion to appear before the Grand Jury and demand that Individual Indictments be returned against the company of ficials for complicity In promoting "bucketshops." Firty Indictments Demanded. -At the same time no fewer than 60 Indictments against " the alleged ring of "Bucketsnop" operators will be de manded. Raids of tne Capital Investment Com pany, of which "Sid" Mcllie, stock mar ket plunger and old-time gambler. Is head, have resulted in the exposure of a system of "fake" brokerage which. Government secret service agents de clare Is without rival. ' Each year the company is said to have netted its promoters not less than I..500.000. which came out of the pockets of "suckers" living in towns in western states. This profit was reaped from a total business of $10,- 000,000. More Raids Rumored. Rumors of new raids Tn Chicago concerna were current today. The mys terious visit of Charles F. Dewoody, head of the Western division of the Department of Justice secret service, to Washington Is thus explained. nofore leaving the city Dewoody ack nowledged that several "new matters" were pending which Required consul tation with the head of the Department What these are he refuses to say. Dur ing his absence George Scarborough, special agent In charge of the "bucket shop" Investigation, has been ordereo to prepare the rases brought to light through the last week's raids for pros ecution before the Grand Jury. anvatv H!SVfll K'. I iio 11 it prrrirrrK m mm price five cents. Iraddcdq Wll I HIT uni iuli ij ii IUL. mi "SAFETY" USERS HA1RCCT MAT COST THEJl $1 OR MORE IS CHICAGO. Tonsorlal ArtlsU Determined to Get Revenge on Men Who ShaTe Themselves "With Devices. CHICAGO. Dec. 18. (Special.) Ths war of the Barbers' Safety Association against safety raxors will reach its cli max tomorrow night, when, at a meet ing in Metropolitan Hall, members of the association will vote an appropria tion to charge every man who shaves himself at least 50 cents for a hair-cut. Manr members of the organisation are urging that the self-shavers be charged aa much as 81 for even a singe" and 1.60 for a hair-cut ana shampoo. The price to the man who gets snavea In a barber shop will remain the same as heretofore. Barbers say It is a "cinch" to tell a man who shaves himself. "Tou see." said a barber yesterday, ' a man who shavea himself never has his neck shaved, so when we get a fel low who has the back of his neck cov ered with balr, all we have to do Is to say to him. A hair-cut is a whole buck to you, mister, and then if he don't produce, out he goes." The association will also take up tne proposed law now before the Legisla ture, which. If passed, will .force every barber shop to be closed on Sunday. DUCHESS OF ORLEANS ILL Appendicitis Operation Prevents Visit by King Manuel J I. LONDON, Dec. 18. The Duchess of Orleans was operated upon for appen dicitis at Wood Norton, Uversham, on Saturday. She passed a comfortable night, but today her condition waa con- aldered critical. Manual II. the exiled King of Portu gal, and his mother. Queen Dowager Amelle. are guests of the Duke of Or leans at Wood Norton. As the Duchess has been, ill for a long time, she waa unable to receive the Portuguese ex iles on their arrival In England. She has been confined to her bed for two months. A few days ago serious symp toms developed. a SCHOOL BOYS ARE ROBBED Nine Seniors Are Lined Up but Girls ' Are Xot Molested. LONG BEACH, Cal., Dec. IS. Nine young people returning last night from a party given by the senior class of Long Beach High School, to which five of them belonged, were stopped by two highwaymen and lined up. The robbers did not molest the young women, but the men were relieved of sums totaling 830 and a warteh. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th M emiber. rVESTKRnAT'S Maximum traperatur, 4 Of grfei; nuunu uua, w UUF.. TODAY'S Fmlr. easterly wind. Mexico to rtlantlauly punora rebel bands. Par 2. a aea in in r-M of aUadama Kmma Karnes, who will wed Cuban ainser toon. Pajre 2. Scores pcrtn la earthquake In Saa fiairador. National. Proapeet of Heyburn filibuster blocks early larin rwvM. -Politics. nuahllcht Is candidate for Maroe. Page li Governor-Elect Dlv puzzle to New York pol Itlclana. Pace 1. Domestic. Chleaso barbers plan lo eharse uaera of M(lr rasors SI for haircuts. Pase 1. Sidney Ayrea. former leading man of Baker . . . .... avm.i t rt n, i- rnill IB UtOTR V U 11 1 i " J i auil for unpaid oni. . . - ... . . atMMllnv rnld Trial or a ' nl bars will be coatly; vltneaaea mull come from Alaaas. ri Wholerale Indlclmenta in "buckeuhop" csaea demanded. Paffa 1. nT roolt :ven another Jolt by Parker Browne expedition lo Mount McKlnley. Pasa 3. World'a eomtnerca abowa gain of 0 per cent in year. Pase 1. Austrian Ambtaudnr denies hta wife criti cised Washington society. Page 3. Sheriffs l.Vvaar-oM son suarde wonnded talheCa boor from Jail-breakers. Pass 1. Bud Mara makes slide of 40OO fast. Vfhaa slrshlp faila. Face 4. Gunboat Hornet thousht to .be In revolu tion plot, rags 4. Sport. Columttfa Valvsrslty altacked by academlea as being out of claaa of nlga echoole. tralsht and narrnar path" fixed out for .i.. l vii timnlrea. Para 14. "One-Round" Hosan wilt so after Wolgast aiowir i -" ' - - - Oak Park team leaves cblcaso today tor porcianu. ri ' PacUle "erthweat. Attorne-Oeneral fraaford unable to solve, problem to derive at reoulalta number of alsnera to in,minw Prl"wu' -Govemor-Eleet ' aald to oppoaa crea .. -' - uimilM boarda Paca o. Extension of Hill road n oron may be aait-o, ofojuw wi u j . n... K Stat Bank Examiner tVrlltht recommends l'urtiaua ipr peigu.iM ' rertlaod and Vicinity. Hill srstem may enter The Dslles. Page 8. V.4.MMI of lano-traud caaee iwi -t I . (. In ,t l9 r 11. nut of hl-WMkh- Sunday afternoon con earta at Hafllg la brilliant sacceaa. Paa T. Cotolns tax levy estimated at 21 mills ta elty. county, port and school district. press dub ahow at Helllg tonight bas galaxy of footllght stars, rage ij. Mother nnda son very III In boepltal after loag aearcn. ro -tv. Civic oooncil ' proposes to pack taxpayers' BtWIIU)- " - Louis G. Clarke tails of proaoerlty la Ku- II A Clarence E. Eaton saya christian Science Is not mental science, rags u.-or H'mon approves new ward plana 1 1 i a Kersli murder trial Jury falls to reach i . - r. -i Imhm T'a wtt 4. Fretirh bark Bayard reaches port aXter eveaum iijs-. - DIX DISAPPOINTS FIRST 'Keynote' Speech Fails to Declare Issues. POLITICIANS MUCH PUZZLED Troubles of Governor-Elect Already Multiplying. JOB TOO BIG, SAY SOME Honest, bat Inexperienced, and in Sanger of Being Taken In by Tammany, Is Popular Idea. , Foreboding Is Heard. BT LLOTD T. LOXERGAS. NEW YORK. Dec 18. (Special.) Governor-elect Dlx has gone back to Albany after a week's visit to Man hattan, and the politicians are mora puzzled about him than ever. Mr. Dlx wilt remain quietly In the capital at one of Its best hotels until the time comes for him to movo Into the Execu tive Mansion. Will Dlx be a tool of Murphy, or will he be an independent ruler, look ing; solely for the best Interests of the state? He has been on view at close range now for seven days, and the question is one that no unbiased man has been able to answer. Speeches Are Disappointing. Dlx' days have been days of con ferences, his nights evenings of the dreariest oratory that was ever In flicted upon an unhappy community. Toward the end of his stay his words had an appreciable effect upon the at tendance. Men escaped before he got up to talk. The new Governor's first speech was made at a banquet of the Democratic Manufacturers' Association.- - All the papers In town, realizing that It was the "keynote speech." made extra prep arations to cover It. And the edi torial disgust over the result was pa thetic. , One managing editor, who had or dered it run In full, with liberal full facing, first read it in proof. Then he ordered it cut down to two sticks after remarking: "He talks about Cain and Abel, Shakespeare and the early his tory of wampum, but hasn't a word to say regarding rapid - transit, the ne cessity of economy in the state gov ernment, or the kind of reform meas ures that are needed. If he wasn't the Governor-elect no one would let him ever read thia stuff." Kural Ways Noticeable. John A. Dix looka like what he is- business man of the rural type, born in the country and reared there, and one who haa always earned a good live lihood there. He has not the ways of a city man, nor is ho by any means a country bumpkin. He is sby rather than uncouth. Ha does not look com fortable in evening dress, but he never eats with his knife- He does not ride around on rubberneck wagons, yet Is timid about crossing Broadway in the busy hours. If he sat alone in a restaurant in the Great White Way (Concluded on Page 2.1 OBSERVERS NEW YOEK'S GOVERNOR-ELECT, WHO PUZZLES AND IS PUZZLED BY NEW ASSOCIATES.' , llllpm !8iiiSi ia a aaii i i fiinraar' mwi rft-AaMimiwi a Mrrn "TrtMTain.atXalw-iwasfcW J JOHN A. DIX. a,easeeassseesseeaas.esejsssse,essisisss 1910 PROSPERITY IS WORLD-WIDE COMMERCE OP LEADING XAi TIONS GAINS 9 PER CENT. Government Figures Show Exports for Year $14,000,000,000 and Imports $16,000,000,000. wjamvfiTftX Dec 18. (Special.) Ti ni-vnUnrA nf world-wide OTOSDerity during the calendar year, 1910, nhich is now drawing to a close, is snown d statistics which have been gathered by the Government. These figures cover all the principal nations of tne eann ana inrrlcatn that during the year the world's commerce has been 9 per cent greater than 1909, reaching between mwuw, and 16,000,000,000 worth of exports and more than ,16,000,000,000 worth of imports. All -signs point to a higher record in ex ports end imports than ever before made. Th. x.i, urmn which the calculaun has been mado are official and show the r,timi raliimp of commerce during from six to ten months of the calendar year. Using a monthly average obtained Ircm these official reports, the bureau of sta tistics has made estimates of the export and Import trade of the principal coun tries for the year. A study of exports discloses that the average monthly shipments by the lead ing nations have in lsuo exceeaeoi e ivtt it is found, that the United King dom showed an average of 1172,333.000 a month In 1910, against ". Germany. Jl 50,500.000 a month In 1910. J132.000.000; the United States, JHS.000,000, against $36.000,000. and India, J55,000,000. against J4o.250.000. ARMY OF CATS IS WANTED Thousands of Felines Needed to Snbdue. Rats in Washington. SHARON. Pa.. Dec 18. S. S. Gilbert has received a request from the State of Washington for 1000 cats. The request is made in a letter from AlDert J. Ran dall, formerly of Sharon, but now a resi dent of Okanogan County in the Western part of the state. He reports he will visit Pennsylvania within a month to pick up all stray cats that can be delivered to him for which he is willing to pay a fa'r price. -u. n,nAiii ha associated with him several property-owners determined to rid Okanogan County of gopnera nai us stroy garden and farm lands. Seven thousand cats are to be shipped to Washington by April 1. POTATO,. NOT BLACKHAND Explosion of Great Tubers Fright ens Family of Editor. WHITE SALMON. Wash., Dec. IS. (Special.) Three explosions a few mo ments apart, the last of which blew the oven door of the range off, frightened the family of the editor of the White Salmon Enterprise. T),iri notatoes were to be a part of .v.. nnnn.iiiiv renast. and the heat hardened the skins to such an extent that the pent-up steam oroso with terrifying results. Tlnioenoa a TA Hit lare-e in this sec . . v. . tl.naa AvnlnfllonS OCCUr frO- iion m , .1,- t,t mav be prevented by mincturine- the skins with a fork. ENGLAND AWAITS STORK Birth of Royal Child Expected in i March at Buckingham. LONDON, Dec. IS. Queen Mary's ac couchement la expected In March. This will be the first birth at Buckingham Palace in 64 years. The last child born to King George and Queen Mary was Prince John Charles, July 12, 1905. 70 F AMIDES DIE 15 ISLAND s Salvador Is Shaken Earthquake. SCORES PERISH IN LAGOON People Cry for Help While Sliding Into Depths. BOATMEN AFRAID OF SEA Violent Shocks, Which Continued Until After Midnight Thursday, Are Recorded by Seismo graph in United States. ORT LIMON, Costa Rica, Dec. 18.' iSneclaLI At least 10 families, vari ously estimated at from 150 to 1T0 men, women and children, were drowned through the sinking into the sea of their island home on Saturday. Th, telonri In tli o rnnlar nf the Tin Pango lagoon in Salvador, disappeared after a scries of earthquake shocks and slid into the depths of the lagoon, carrying with It nearly all the Inhabi tants. The eartnquaKe shocks were felt throughout the Republic They began early in the evening and ln- naooAj4 In frsiniinv nnri violence as night progressed, until about mid night, when watchers on shore heard sounds of guns from the people on ths island. Shortly after that a huge bon fire was lighted on the island and about 1 o'clock a boatload of fright ened women and children reached the mainland. Boatmen Dare Xot Aid. Those oh board reported that other boats were coming as fast as they nnirt Y.c filled, as the island was slow- ly sinking under the feet of tne in-' habitants. Boatmen of the mainland - . were anaea to aia, out m tinued shocks and the steadily in creasing violence of the sea, ths boat men were afraid to venture. While they debated another and more violent tremor shook the mainland and the fire and other' lights on the island vanished. Distress Signals Noted. San Salvador was repeatedly shaken by earthquakes last week and the series of Thursday night was especially se vere. The people on the little island of. IIo Pango were observed giving sig nals of distress late Thursday after noon, but because of the excitable con dition of the people on the Salvadoran shore, it was out of the question at that hour to send them relief. The earth-shocks continued until past mid night Thursday, and Friday morning the island had entirely disappeared. In the morning not a vestige of the island remained. Small Islands Known to Sink. This is not the first time that Jsmall islands off the mainland have sunk after earthquake shocks. Ho Pango lagoon Is a lake southeast of the city of San Salvador. It is about five and a half miles in length. A minor vol canic cone rose from its waters in. June, 1S80. The lagoon is about 25 miles from the Pacific Coast, and is a mountainous country. D. R. HANNA BUYS PAPER Cleveland Leader Will Continue as Independent Republican. CLEVELAND, Dec. IS. Following the announcement that D. R. Hanna, son of the iate United States Senator Hanna, had bought the capital stock of the Leader publishing Company, the Leader will issue the following state ment tomorrow: "With the change of ownership of the capital stocK of the Leader Com pany, has been coupled the purchase of the operating lease on the paper held by C. E. Kennedy, N. C. Wright and F. S. Thalheimer. Mr. Kennedy,, to the regret of his associates, will retire to devote his time to private. Interests. Mr. Wright will continue as editor in chief, and Mr. Thalheimer as business manager. With them will be associated as managing editor, Frank E. Rowley. The Leader will continue to be an independent Republican newspaper." It is also announced that Mr. Wright; and Mr. Thalheimer will continue their management of the Toledo Blade. WHITE TAKESOATH TODAY Xew Chief Justice to Sit in Cane Chair and Use Electric Light. " WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. Justice Ed ward Douglas White will take the oath of office as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court tomorrow. Spectators will have little trouble, in j locating the new Chief Justice after he assumes his place at the head of the court. Instead of a leather upholstered chair occupied by the other members. Chief Justice White will be found seat- .' ed in a cooler cane chair. An electric light will burn before him ; when ho read. ; cCeacluued ea 1'aae