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INSURGENT HOPE GROWING DIMMER Taft Stock Looking Up in West. MESSAGE HAS MADE FRIENDS Views on Trust Question Gen erally Indorsed. LA FOLLETTE MEN BUSY Comment Favorln Pwldtnt Stirs Wisconsin Man's Tws Agent to RrMscd Efforts Leaders Gather to Confer. DT RI-MNITR CTRTIS WASHINGTON". Dec. S. (Special.) Members of the Republican National committee are arriving- singly and by twos and threea for the meeting to be held nejit Tuesday. Other politicians, drawn hither by the committee meet In?, are adding- to the exhibit of President-makers already Installed at the Capitol. Tne round-up that will take place next week promises to be little short of a National convention In gath ering the leaders great and small. Just now the Taft stock Is higher than It has been for some time. From the West the visitors ' are bringing stories of firmer Taft sentiment than existed a few months or even a few weeks back. These stories are sub ject to denial by Insurgent antl-Taft leaders, but as they have had their turn and probably will have another or several of them. It Is no more than fair to pay syne attention to those now more In evidence. Taft Has Cam fur Joy. There certainly la Joy at the White House these days as a result of the President's information from many lips that there Is a steadily increasing sentiment In his favor. "Insurgency. Insofar as It means per sonal opposition to President Taft, Is losing strength In the West. declared one of the prominent politicians who arrived this evening. "I am not making any predictions yet as to what will happen in the election next Fall, but as far a- the nomination la concerned, the opposition to the President is losing ground every day. He has the LaFollette forces on the run In some sections and there are likely to be surprises In territory where the Insurgents have been loudest in their clajms aa to delegates. Saaer Day Anttroarhlns;. "The. messages which the President already has sent to Congress . have struck the people, favorably, and "pro gressives' who are not blinded by parti sanship, but who heretofore have had doubts as t Taft's executive qualifica tions, are beginning to think that gen eral attack on him Is unwarranted. If I am not mistaken in the signs, the in surgent enthusiasm reached Its flood somei time ago and there will come a saner period aa the time approaches for naming the National ticket. . While statements of this kind are cheering the President and his friends, the La FoIIette campaign committee is not letting up In Its efforts to ride Taft out of the ranks, not only of the . "progressives' but the "near-progressives." Perturbed a bit. perhaps, by the fact that the praise waa given to the trust message by some of the Insurgent lead ers on the day the message went to Congress, the literary bureau has taken it up with a view of tearing It to pieces. What was interpreted at first as an Indorsement of the La Follette bill to protect trade and commerce further against unlawful restraints and monop olies Is now declared to be a "com plete and half-hearted about-face of the Administration to the position of Senator La Follette and the "pro gressives." "It is today In the position of advo cating what yesterday was condemned," proclaims the La Follette press agent. "What will it do tomorrow r Taking the trust message aa a whole, the La Follette managers now declare that It Is not only "standpat and reac tionary from beginning to end." but that It is "worse than standpat and re actionary." It is expected that when he takes to the stump Senator La Follette will elaborate an attack on the President along this line. Just when the Sena tor will start on his tour is a matter enveloped In much mystery. RATE CASES ON DOCKET Karly Hearing by Supreme Court Will Be Asked. WASHINGTON. Dec S. The famous Intermountaln rate cases. In which the Commerce Court recently enjoined tem porarily the Interstate Commerce Com mission from enforcing Its long and short haul orders, was docketed today in the Supreme Court. The cases involve the constitutional ity and Interpretation of the 910 long and short haul amendment to the In terstate Commerce law. It is under stood the Government will ask the court to advance the case for an early hearing. I DRESS SUIT COMES IN NICK OF TIME BILL-" IIAXLEY NEARLY MISSES PRESIDENT'S DIXXER. Oregonian "Glad Rags" Are Side tracked, bnt Thoughtful Porter Comes to Rescue. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dec 8. This is the story of "Bill" Hanleys dress suit: With the Western Governors' special party, of which he Is a member, the Oregon rancher was invited to the dinner at the White House last night, when President Taft was host to the tour ing executives. Mr. Hanley was there in faultless evening attire, but. he came near appearing in his pepper and salt "sack suit for ouslness wear." or remaining in his hotel disappointed. Mr. Hanley cut loose from the Gov ernors yesterday and took a side trip over to New York. He csme through to Washington late yesterday after noon, unaware that the Governors" car had been sidetracked at Baltimore. There he was, without his glad rags, and the hour for the dinner fast ap proaching. There was no time to go to Balti more for the needed raiment, and Han ley sat in his hotel in deep gloom. Rut ihnriw before the dinner hour arrived, a package came. And, lo! it contained his dress suit. The colored nnrifp who looked after the needs or the Western specialists had thought fully forwarded it to mm. Governor West. Senator Chamberlain and Mr. Hanley were the Oregon guests at President Taft's dinner. Sen ator Bourne, though Invited, did not put in an appearance, nor did several ( nihur extreme lnsursent feenators. rep resentative Lafferty was absent. When the guests gathered around the nue House table, however, every place was occupied. rmintrlnr the dinner at the hits Wnii most of the members of the Governors' special went to the Na tional Press Club, where an Inrormal reception was held. Governor West skipped this number, but Mr. Hanley became Instantly one of the conspicu ous figures, because of his strong re semblance to William J. Bryan. CAPTAIN DROPS ON BRIDGE Ericsson, of the Central!, Diet as He Gives Orders "To Sea." HnoniW Wash Dec S. (Spe cial.) Just as the steamer, at full speed ahead, was about to plunge into the high seas running on the bar, out ward bound for San Irrancisco witn rA m. rareo of lumber, to day. Captain Charles Ericsson was stricken with heart failure and dropped dead on the bridge of his vessel, the Centralis. with a Vilc-H running and the vessel in such a position that, had she been a length ahead It would have been. imnnnihlK to t u rii back- First Mate, Chris Evansen took command and, or dering full speed astern, brought th iteamer out of her difficult position ind back to Hoqulam, where she was a im nt two minutes before he was stricken Captain Ericsson, after (vinff tn water on the bar. which. was quite rough, decided to pass out. and remarked to the mate. "We'll go ahead." Evansen went down to the deck and lad no more than reached It when the captain fell dead. rantiin Ericsson, whose home was In San Pedro, Is survived by bis widow nd two children. WIFE AND HUBBY CONVICT Couple on Same Taoonia Jury At tract Attention at Trial. TACOMA. Wash., Dec. . "We voted together from the very first and I guess we thought Just alike all along," said Mrs. Gideon Frailer, 1722 Ferry avenue, who with her husband sat three days on the same Jury and helped return a verdict convicting Meyer Cohen of embezzlement from the Moose Lodge. It was the first time a husband and wife, have served on the same Jury rn this state, possibly In the country, and the couple were the center of attrac tion for many who visited the trial. Frasier has lived in Tacoma mora than 25 years, being most of the time in police and detective service. BACON THEORIST STUBBORN Search for Library Will Be Contln ued if It Takes 40 Years. LONDON. Dec. 8. Dr. Orvllle Owen, of Detroit, who early In pie year con ducted excavations In the River for manuscripts which he bvlleved. would establish that Bacon was the author of the Shakespearan plays, later abandoning them, will sail for Amer-? lea tomorrow. He says that he will find the boxes containing Bacon's library if he has tp return to England every year for thjo next 40 years. AVIATOR SHOOTS 5 BIRD'S Three Blackbirds and Two Sparrow Victims of Aerial Marksmen. M1NEOLA. N. Y Dec 8. Flying In a biplane with Lee Hammond as pilot. William Slmonson- shot three blank birds today with as many shots tram a 11-gauge gun. Two sparTows, sitting on a branch,- of a tree, also' fell victom to Slmocscfn'a marWmanshlp, k HOPE IS SEEN FOR IRRIGATION 'PLAN Fisher Looks With Fa vor on Oregon. HONEY MAY BE FORTHCOMING Way Appears, Though Secre tary "Reserves Decision. PROTESTS NOT REGARDED "West Umatilla Project Gains Xevr Hope as Result of Conference. Settlers' Rights Will Xot Be Overridden. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dc. 8. While Secretary Fisher declined In any way to commit himself or the Government to the construction of the West Umatilla Irrigation proj ect, members of the Oregon delegation and Governor West, with, whom he talked for an hour today, came away impressed that they are making gains in their fight for the adoption of this project and all seem to feel that ulti mately the project will be approved. It became known at today's confer ence that money can be found In some quarter for beginning the construction of the West Umatilla project If it should be adopted, but In all probabil ity construction would proceed slowly Cor the first two or three years. Vested Right I'ndlstorbed. Secretary Fisher said that before committing himself, he wanted to go over reports that will be forwarded to Washington soon, showing the con dition of water filings on the Umatilla River and its tributaries and determine positively how much water is actually available for the Government project. It Is explained there is no purpose whatever to interfere with the vested -water rights of any settler along the "Umatilla River, but at the same time the state has undertaken to see that no land-owner holds more water than he can use beneficially. The state In fact has undertaken to adjust all water rights along this river and expects to complete this task by next Spring. Protests Carry Little Weight. Secretary FlBher is psylng llt'.le heed to protests that have come to him from Eastern Oregon objecting to the adop tion of the West Umatilla project, for he is aware that the sentiment In the state Is overwhelmingly favorable to construction by the Government, espe cially as this is the only project In Oregon that can be undertaken by the Government for several years to come. While Its construction might Interfere Concluded on Pas a.) BBBB m -?v v u i m i Cr.. arc- ua"n i 'O f&& JjMg . bbbrp ANNUAL HELPS BUILD UP OREGON. One of the greatest influences in attracting settlers to this state has been The Oregonian Annual. With the first of each year many thousand copies of this publica tion are sent throughout the coun try, to every state and territory, and across the oceans. The An nual is planned each year to pre sent to the world the advantages of Oregon. It is a magnet to draw people here to open up new land, to increase the products of the soil, to add to and share in our wealth. It has never failed of its mission. When colonist rates were in ef fect on the railroads last Spring thousands of people came into the state. This newspaper interviewed a great many of them, and asked the question, "Why did you comet" No 6mall proportion of the replies were that the newcom ers had been attracted by The Oregonian Annual. The Annual to be issued Jan uary 1, 1912, will be a creditable number in this scries of special editions, now published for 30 years. It will be thorough, relia ble and interesting. Railroads, commercial clubs and the public will send it out to spread Ore gon's fame. Every citizen should do his part by mailing the Annual to friends who might become in terested in Oregon. This big edition will be sold for 5 cents a copy. Postage in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the insular possessions, 5 cents. Foreign postage, 10 cents. i HOME BANKS GAIN AGAIN Portland Clearings Show 5.5 Per Cent Increase for Week. Nearly all the large cities in the country showed an increase In bank clearings this weeK over the corre sponding week of 1910. Portland's to tals amounted to $12,670,000, making a gain of 6.6 per cent. The clearings at Seattle were $12,926,000 and at Los An geles the clearings were $20,416,000. San Francisco shows a big increase, the totals in that city being $58,701,000. Tacoma made a gain of 4.4 per cent, with clearings aggregating $4,683,000. Spokane was the only large city on the Coast which reported a loss. The totals of that city were $5,033,000, with a de crease of .7 per cent. SIGHT IS VALUED AT $800 Though Man Would Settle for $100 Cash, Commission Declines. OLTMFIA, Wash., Dec. 7. Charles W. Strine, of Olympia. who probably will lose his eight by being struck in the right eye by a piece of stone while working for a contract company, called on the State Industrial Insurance Com mission and offered to settle for $100 cash. He wishes to go to Michigan. The commission refused to accept the compromise and voted to pay him $250 on account and will pay him $550 more in case his sight Is totally destroyed. WATCHING THE PROCESSION. BOARD FINDS !i DESTROYED MAINE Low Explosive, NotTor pedo Used. REPORT ADDS TO MYSTERY Earlier Report of Attack on Outside Confirmed. MAGAZINE THEN EXPLODED Fact That Destructive Agent Must Have Required Services of Scv . eral Men in Placing Is Puz zle to Experts. WASHINGTON. Dec, 8. The United States battleship Maine, sunk in Havana Harbor in February, 1898,. as a result of an explosion, was blown up from the outside. This was announced to day by the Naval Board that has been examining the wreck. The finding con firms the report of the original in vestigators, who made a superficial ex amination of the wreck soon after the disaster. The statement was given out by the Navy Department in brief. Secretary Meyer does not believe it necessary to Issue any extended explanation of the board's conclusions beyond the flat statement that an exterior explosion wn. responsible for the loss of the warship and the lives or many men. Explosive Placed on Outside. The statement follows: "The board found that the injuries to the bottom of the Maine were caused by the explosion of a charge of low form of explosives exterior to the ship, between frames 28 and 31, strake B, port side. "This resulted in igniting and ex ploding the contents of the six-Inch rva magazine. A-14-M. said con tents including a large quantity of black powder. "The more or less complete explosion of the contents of the remaining for ward magazine followed. "The magazine explosion resulted in the destruction of the vessel." Torpedo Theory Rejected. Secretary Meyer announced that there might be a further statement on the report of the board after It had been considered by the President. One mem ber of the board was of the opinion that the report never would be pub lished in full. The declaration that "a low form of explosive" was used in the outside explosion, indicates the belief that a mine, not a dirigible torpedo, was the instrument of destruction. This only deepens the mystery of the destruction of the Maine. A mine. (Concluded on Page 2.) WEST'S PERSONAL OPINIONS WASTED HILIi SATS EAST WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT OREGON. Time "Frittered Away" on Gover nors' Special Airing Views on Political Questions. ST. CLOUD, Minn., Dec. 8. (Special.) Western Governors who are talking politics and not exploiting the natural resources of their country on the Gov ernors' Special, were taken to task this afternoon by Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railroad, at the meeting of the Northern Minnesota Development League. He declared that some of them were talking politics in the. East, where their brand of politics was of no Interest, and that the Great Northern road had been receiving in quiries about the natural resources of their states while the Governors dis coursed on these subjects. Hill created a sensation when he criticised some of the Governors who were now showing the East the West. He directed his criticism especially to Governor West of Oregon, who has been one of the principal spellbinders for the Governors' Special. "Some of the Governors," he said. "are exploiting their states, but, what Is to be regretted, others are talking politics and especially the politics of their own states, with which the East Is little concerned. "The Governor of Oregon is fritter lng away his time telling the East what he knows about woman suffrage and airing his personal views on other public questions. What does the East cdre for them? In forgetting his state, that fellow is overlooking a big bet; he is exploiting himself rather than his state." TRUCKS JUMP, TEAR TRACK Xorth Bank Repair Gang Has Job of 1 5 Miles Distance. BINGEN, Wash., Dec. 8. (Special.) What might have proved a serious accident occurred last night on the North Bank road, when a pair of trucks on one of the cars of a freight train Jumped the track at Hood and was not discovered until the train reached Lyle, a distance of 15 miles. The trucks tore out the cattle guards, crossings, switches, cut fish plates and broke ties the whole dis tance. Trains are all late and a large gang is at .work making repairs. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 51 degrees; minimum, 43 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional Jight rain; southwest erly .winds. Foeeign. ' Eight thousand Manchus are slain by Chi nese; American among foreigners killed. Page 4. . National. House debates bill to pension all Civil War veterans. Page . Northwest presents claims before rivers and harbors committee. Page 2. Conference with I"isher revives hoDe for Government irrigation in Oregon. Page 1. Naval Board finds Maine was destroyed by mine, not torpedo, from outside of ves sel. Page 1. President and Cabinet Bee no adequate solu tion of Russian passport question. Pago 14. PMltlcal. Message makes friends; Taft stock looking up in- West. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Better undertone In local wheat and flour markets. Page 10. Wheat advances at Chicago on reports of storm damage tn Argentina. Page l!l. Bear attack carrias down prices of stocks. Page 18. Iron and steel tisade active in all lines. Page 18. Plan to arbitrate dfspute over 30-cent cargo charges fails. Page IS. Domestic. Miss Swope testifies to treatment by Dr. Hyde. Page 3., Lillian Graham's slobs halt trial; letters are introduced. Pate 3. Edison Invents concrete furniture, artistic, durable and cruap. Page '-. Karsas Governor .asked to hurry woman's $50,000 damage suits against Methodists. Page 3. I Eckhoff's confession expected to reveal "higher-ups" in dynamite plots. Page 1. Labor leaders may prevail on MeNamara brothers to bnnk silence. Page 5. Baltimore entertains Governors. Pago 5. F. W. Hill says West wastes time on Gov ernors' special talking politics. Page 1. Dress suit arrives lo time and "Hill" Hanley attends dinner. Page 1. Snorts. The Dalles High School defeats Pendleton High 22 to tf and wins Eastern Oregon football championship. Page S. "Bill" Hayward. of Oregon, will train Mult nomah eleven fo holiday games. Page 8. Important baseball meetings begin today in New York. Page 8. Coast League mannpers unchanged. Page 6. Pacific, Jfortbwest. Aberdeen ousts vaisguard of I. W. W. from city. Pago 6. Attorney-General gftses opinion declaring re. call 'amendment - to Oregon constitution inoperative. Paae 7. Two women on SeatfJIe Jury to settle aliena tion of affection suit, page t. Eugene Commercial Club extends hospitality in new home, page 7. Ex-Federal Court derk of Western Wash ington charged with fee embezzlement of SIS, 000. Page 1. Paroled negro convtct who attacked Dallas woman sentencutV Page b. Portland and Vicinity. Dr. James Withycombe. back from tour, says Oregon Agricultural College compares favorably with leading institutions. Page 18. Minstrel show given by Scout Young Camp at Heillg is success. Page 4. State dairymen urgei re-enactment of bill vetoed by West. Page 12. Eminent engineers engaged by dock com mission scrutinize, river to select dock site. Page 12. Street committee strcjps Improvement on all streets where cost may exceed assessed valuation of propnrty. Page V. Pacific Great Western Railway listed as "promoters' scheme" by Southern Pacific. , Page 9. City is temporarily issstralned from accept ing and paying for new crematory. Page 12. Prosecution says girl" story and other testi mony weave net around merchant accused of leading her astray. Page 14. Last awards in poultry show to be made to day Page 14 FINGER POiNTS AT DYNAMITE CHIEFS Eckhoff Expected to Complete Evidence. MORE ARRESTS WILL FOLLOW Testimony of Go-Between Is of Extreme Value. M'NAMARA SECRETS TOLD Raymond Burns Says Absence of Motive Adds Strength to Con fession Xot Imparted to That of McManlgal. CHICAGO. Dec. 8. (Special.) Ray mond Burns, manager of W. J. Burns' detective agency in Chicago, said to day that Frank Eckhoff, of Cincinnati, who was expected to be the star wit ness In the MeNamara case, would be extremely valuable to the Federal grand jury and that his testimony would reveal the "higher ups" In the dynamiting conspiracy. As a result of his arrest the appre hension of other men Is expected soon. Eckhoff was the go-between who car ried messages from the McNamaraa and their employers when even the mail and telegraph were considered unsafe. Burns related many facts not hitherto made public and others that at no time have been more than unverified rumors. Eckhoff Used as Messenger. "Frank Kckhoff," he said, "was a neighbor of the McNamaras In Cum-' mingsville and was a boyhood play mate of Jim. Both Jim and John trusted him Implicitly and after the Los Angeles explosion John MeNamara wanted to communicate with Jim, who was then In San Francisco, but did not dare write a letter or Send even a ci pher telegram. So John MeNamara sent for Eckhoff and told him where Jim was. 'Go tell him to get out of San Francisco,' he said, 'but not to come back here. Tell him to got a job as a printer somewhere.' "Well, when Eckhoff got to Pan Francisco Jim was so full of the ex plosion, so to speak, and so much wrought up over the killing of 21 per sons, that he told Eckhoff all about it. Naturaly Eckhoff was astonished and asked a lot of questions. He learned all about McManlgal and his written, confession corroborated everything McManlgal told us. Testimony of Great Value. "We were shadowing every man Jim MeNamara and Ortie McManlgal met and were put on Eckhoff's trail at once. Our investigation showed how close he was to the McNamaras and we started In to get that confession. I cannot tell Just how we got the confession from Eckhoff, but you may depend on it that nothing was left out. He cor roborated every single detail of what McManlgal said. "Now the value of Eckhoff's testi mony before the grand Jury will be great, for he can have no motive for shielding himself. McManigal's con fession was complete, but his motive was obvious. I can say that more men will be arrested as the result of Eckhoff's testimony. The case will be cleaned up. Every guilty man and every man having guilty knowledge will be brought to justice." When questioned as to where Eck hoff was being held. Burns was silent, He would not tell whether It was In Cincinnati or some other city. He said that an operative was with Eckhoff every minute, even eating with him and sleeping in the same room with him. WASHINGTON' DIRECTS PROBE Attorney-General's Office In Toucb With Two Grand Juries. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Charles W. Miller, United States District Attor ney at Indianapolis, today discussed the alleged extensive dynamiting con spiracy now being investigated by tlio Federal grand Jury at Indianapolis, with Assistant Attorney-General Harr. Department officials declined to di vulge the details of the conference. Mr. Miller left In the afternoon for In dianapolis. The conference accentuates the fact that the office of the Attorney-General is directly conducting the Federal in vestigations at both Indianapolis and Los Angeles. Mr. Wickersham had assumed personal charge of the in quiry until he was taken ill a few days ago and since that time he has com mitted the entire case to Assistant Attorney-General Harr, who has been identified with the investigation since its inception. DARROW'S COURSE APPROVED San Francicso Labor Council Adopts MeNamara Resolutions. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8. Repudia tion of all acts of violence committed In the name of organized labor, a de mand for a full investigation of all rumors connecting labor leaders with the Los Angeles dynamiting case and kindred cases, and the assertion that .(Concluded on Page 4.)