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VQL.,.l,- SO. ICr PORTLAND. OH. MOU. JANUARY913. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS BY CABINET RUMOR HOCUS LM PLANS FOR RESUMING WAR sr m m m Ul WIIUIIll-I IIWI1I GEXE KESTRICTED. x FROM HALIFAX. Samuel Adams Is Man ! of Pinchot Stripe. "UNPOPULAR REGULATIONS HIS Chicagoan Deemed Possible as Secretary of Interior. POLICY HAS BEEN HOSTILE Filler's Assistant, Who Reiuscs to Enforce Borah Amendment, Looms Because Pacific States Failed to Unite. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 12. It is likely to prove unfortunate for the West that so many tof Us favorite son aspired to be Sec retary -ot the Interior in the Wilson iabinet and if the West loses .this i ppointment, one of the contributing duscs will be the multiplicity of West ern candidates and the lack of concen tration on some good Western man. disconcerting as Is this prospect to "Western Democratic Senators, it is not half so disquieting as the prevailing fnar that Woodrow Wilson may select as Secretary of the Interior Samuel Ad ams, of Chicago, now assistant to Sec retary Fishan ' Sam Adams Is the conservationist candidate for the Interior portfolio. He is the man upon whom Pinchot. Gar field, Fisher and Glavis have united. In spite of the fact that all these indors ee are Republicans, there is fear that Governor Wilson will give heed to the wishes "of these men not that he agrees wjth them politically, but that he does not want to Invite their oppo sition as did President Taft when he appointed and retained Secretary Bai linger in his Cabinet. Assistant Secre tary Adams is a Democrat, but his backers are largely Republicans. Situation Due to Taft'aj Mistake., This embarrassing situation probably would never have arisen had President Taft not made the mistake of appoint ing Walter L. Fisher as his Secretary of Interior when Secretary Ballinger was retired. Mr. Taft, however, was 'extremely tired of the attacks of 'the conservationists and sought to quiet them by appointing one of their num ber as Secretary of the Interior. Not only that, he gave Secretary Fisher free rein for a long time. He realizes vww that he made a political blunder in naming Fisher, but he awoke to that fact too late. He also blundered m al lowing Secretary Fisher to select a new Assistant Secretary of Interior, for Mr. Fisher Installed in office a died ln-the-wool Democrat. Mr. Adams, and ever since he took the oath Assistant Secretary Adams has done his utmost, intentionally or otherwise, to make the Interior Department unpopular with the West. Politically, the appointment of both FlBher and Adams was wrong. Mr. Fisher had never been much of a party man. and in his crusading in the West had affiliated with, all parties and been known as a non-partisan. He certainly was not an out-and-out Re publican. There was- even less ex cuse for picking a Democrat for As sistant Secretary, and this appoint ment proved doubly unwise when Sec retary Flnher -turned over ' to Mr. Adams the handling of most public lam questions, and the decision of most of the appeals from the General Land Office, as well as the action on public land legislation referred to the department by Congress. Regulations NMade by Adams. Most of the derisions of the Sec retary of the Interior during the past two years have been written by Sam uel Adams; most of the reports to Congress have been written by Adams, and most of the departmental regula tions in land matters have come from the same official. In fact, most of the official acts of the Secretary of the Interior, for which Secretary Fisher has been con demned, have been the acts of Assist ant Secretary Adams. For instance. Congress two years ago passed a law directing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents to about 40 home steaders on the Slletz reservation in Oregon, when It was shown they had dono certain things. That act did not tipulute any amount of cultivation an entryman had to show in order to get patent. It was Assistant Secre tary A ilama who went outslilo tho act of Congress and Injected into that law conditions which Congress did not im pose, .and then proceeded to ignore the mandatory statute by refusing to is sue any patents because the proof, though meeting the requirements of Congress, did not come up. to the standard which he himself had fixed. Twice President Taft instructed Mr. Adams Jn writing to issue patents to Sllets stttlers. and both letters from the President were disregarded. Mr. Adams still refuses patents to the homesteaders whom Congress Intended to relievo. Again. Secretary Adams joined with Secretary Fisher in opposing the Borah-Jones three-year homestead bill. Both oftliflals did their utmost to pre rent the aassage of this measure, but It was forced through Congress against their will fend was signed by the Pres ident over! their protest. Having failed oncluCed od rase 2.) I ' I S I .1 I Mandate, Framed by Dean of Wo men, Which Goes Into Effect Today, Arouses Indignation. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, Jan. 12. (Special.) Dan irupm re ceived an unmerciful snubbing by the rnk'rdti. of Oreeon faculty in the, regulations for the guidance of young women of the university announced yesterday. The sly love god will be forced to practice the Htmost strategy to circumvent the new rules. No j-otrng woman may enjoy the com pany of a young man except on Friday and Saturday evenings in the future, whereas formerly "this restriction ap plied onlv to freshmen in the sorority houses. Afternoon calls hereafter may H maAa ftnlV hetWeen tll llOUrS Of 3 and 5:30 P. M. on weeK-eno aajs. sin gle couples must be In from boating or fmTn nnhiirhan walks by 9 P. M. No parties may be given except on Friday and Saturday nights, and permission for these must be obtained from tne committee on student affairs. Finally, university women must be in their rooms on week, nights at 10:30 P. M., and on Friday and Saturday nights at 11 P, 5t , These are a few of the mandates which have aro-ised a storm of protest on the part of both men and women at the university. Love and courtship, elements which, it is indignantly Ssserted, quite properly enter into the life at co-educational institutions, are entirely ignored by the faculty. The new rules. It is maintained, make it almost Impossible for a young man and young woman to enjoy each other's society exclusively. The new restrictions were framed by Miss Ruth Guppy, dean of women at the University. She declares they are reasonable and were planned for the best interests of her charges. They will go into effect tomorrpw. POLICE FIND LOST BABY Girl Wandering on Streets Cared for Until Father Arrives. A tear-stained and frightened little girl of 3 years was found wandering in the business section, looking for her mother yesterday ,by Patrolman Reid. When asked for her name she gave it as Lettie Walker, and said her mother lived on Twenty-third and Lovejoy streets. Reid accompanied the girl to the neighborhood, yet, though he tried not only Lovejoy but Marshall street as well', he was unable to find anyone who knew of the girl. Lettie had no hat to hide her yellow curls, which were sadly bedraggled by the rain. She wore a red sweater coat, a white dress and patent shoes, with blue tops. When given Into the motherly care of Mrs. Simmons, the girl refused to leave the kind patrolman until her father. O. W. Walker, of 81 Savler atreet. called for her and took her home. LONDON-'GIRL LIKE VENUS Dressmaker's Model Said to Meas ure Same as Famous Statue. LONDON, Jan. 12. (Special.) Lon don contends that it has a woman near er the nronortions of the Venus de illlo than Miss Sceel. of Brooklyn, in Miss Marjorie Watson, a West End dressmaker's model, whose measure ments are voucned for by Ethel Bai ley, a well-known artist. Her measure ments are: Height, 65.75 Inches; head, 22.4; neck, 13; chest, waist and hips, identical with the measurements of Venus de Milo; thigh, 22; calf, 13.4. "Miss Watson's head is quite Gre cian." Miss Bailey says. "Her complex ion is perfect and needs no aid from art. She is a true type of English beauty. She'haa light brown hair and blue, laughing eyes." Mis3 Watson says she has lived the ordinary life of other girls. She has never gone in for physical training, but rides a bicycle and swims. PORTUGUESE PARTIES RIOT People Forget Differences and Join In Attacking Troops. LISBON (via theFrontier), Jan. 12. The accession of Dr. Alton so Costa to power is said to be responsible for a desperate political riot in Ceximbra. 18 miles south of Lisbon. A fight started between Democratic and Conservative clubs, and soon the rest of the popula tion took sides. Revolver shots were exchanged freely. Detachments of Republican guards hastily turned out, but fulled to quell the combatnnts until several volleys were fired: Then the warring factions forgot their differences and, together turned on the guard. Discipline prevailed, however, and finally the moh scattered, leaving be hind three men killed and 29 wounded. Many of the rioters were arrested. BRITISH Royal Mail LINES COMBINE and "V A O." Are Ainaigafiiatcd. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 12. The Liverpool l Daily Courier says an agreement has j been reached for the amalgamation of j the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Mv igatlon Company and the Royal Mall Steam Packet Company, with a capital of J150.000.000. Rumors were current in London , at different times last year that the Royal Mall intended to acquire control of the Peninsular & Oriental, but ore each oc casion the report was denied. The Royal Mail; under the direction of Sir Owen Phillips, chairman, with Lord Pierce . not long ago bought several companies, including the Union Castle Line, Lamport & Holt, Pacific Steam Navigation Company and tho Elder Dempster line to West Africa. Senate Expects Fights on Clerkships. - -, BURGESS IS MAKING DEMANDS Umatillan Wants Pendleton Manto Get Office. HOUSE SITUATION IS QUIET Temporary Organization Is Prac tically Determined, and Present Indications Are There Will Bo Xo' Difficulty. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Jan. 1 (Special.) In a caucus iwhich was continued until late tonight by mem bers of the Malarkey forces in the State Senate, temporary organization was decided upon for' tomorrow, and the entire programme of the organization promises to go on line ciock worn, with the possible exception of some fights on clerkshlpB and minor offices. One big fight is promised for the cre dentials committee in the contest be tween Edward E. Kiddle and John S. Hodgln, over the Joint Senatorship from Union and Wallowa counties, xne cre dentials committee in the temporary organization will include Senators Dimick. Bean and Carson, and the question of the fight will come up be fore them. Burgess CauNlng Fight. Burgess of Umatilla is forcing I fight over the question of chief clerk ship and reading clerk. The fight for chief clerkship lies between Roy Ritner, of Pendleton, and John W. Cochran, of Portland. Burgess is backing Ritner. Frank Motter, of Portland, and Ben Huntington, of Drain, are . candidates for reading clerk. Burgess Is making demands on Senators who are support ing Huntington to back Ritner. and de clares he will throw none of his sup port for Huntington until Huntington's friends back Ritner. Patton of Marion is championing the cause of Hunting ton against Motter, and some difflcul ties may arise over election of chief clerk. The question of minor clerkships came up before the caucus tonight, but it was finally decided to throw the en 'tire question onto t,he floor of the Senate. Lebanon Man Chosen. M. A. Miller, of Lebanon, has been selected to call the Senate to order to morrow as- the dean of that House. (Concluded on Page 3.) . : 1 j ' j- - , ' ,, , ,- - , ...i Passengers Removed in Surfboats and Xo Lives Arc Lost Despite -Great Danger of Task. HALIFAX. N. S. Jan. 12. The steamer Uranium, ol tne uranium Steamship Company, bound from Rot terdam. fo Halifax and Nenr lore, stranded on a reef today during tnicK weather near the Chebucto headlight station, nine miles below Halifax and tonicht still is held fast. iior 8RO nnsscnerers weae taken on bv the Government steamer Lady Laur ier and a small fleet of harbor crait. and were landed 'safely in Halifax to night. Although surf boats were used in transferring the passengers to the res cue boats, not a life was lost. Captain Eustace and his crew re mained aboard ship. The captain hopes to get the steamer off at low water, late tonight. There was much alarm, especially among the steerage passeugef", the shiD struck, but the oincers anu sailors soon succeeded In restoring calm? The steamer struck head on when the tide was half high. Late in the after noon her bow was six feet out of water. There were seven fathoms of water under her amidships and 17 fathoms at the stern. The plates at the bow are ripped open. The weather continued . heavy to night. Wrecking steamers are standing by the Uranium to rescue the crew if necessary. NEW YORK, Jan. 12. It was an nounced at the company's office here that the Uranium's, passengers would be forwarded by water to this city. to morrow if a steamer were procurable; If not,' they would be sent by special train. Word from Captain Eustace was re ceived. It was said that, there was hope of floating the liner late tonight. DOCTOR SEES CZAREVITCH Summoning of Dr. Ostrogorsky Gives Rise Again to Rumors. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 12. (Spe cial.) Dr. Ostrogorsky, who attended the Czarevitch when his sickness be gan last September at the castle at Spala, has been summoned to the castle at Tsarskoe-Selo. The reason Is not known, but the fact that the physician has again been called In has started mori,-rumors -In regard to the condition of the health of the Crown Prince. TRIPLE THIRTEEN EVADED Clark County Coroner Takes Oath of Office Beforehand. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 12. (Spe cial.) Superstitious of the three 13s occurring in the event 13 county of ficials took the osth of office on Janu ary 13, 1S13, Victor H. Limber, Coroner elect, took the oath yesterday. The 12 other officers of the county will take their oath tomorrow. Envoys Say They Will End Armistice. POWERS' ABILITY IS DOUBTED Note to Be Presented to Tur key Will Be Mild. ALLIES WEARY OF WAITING Military Experts Belies e Adrianople Can Be Taken With Sacrifice j of 5000 Men Europe) Is Blamed for Fiasco. LONDON. Jan. 12. The British Sec retary of State for Foreign Affairs. Sir Edward Grey, and the Ambassadors of the European powers have made repre sentations to Rechad Pasha regarding the projected departure of the Turkish delegates, which is equivalent to a de finite rupture of the peace negotiations, for which Turkey Is considered respon sible. In reply, Rechad Pasha said he was not responsible for the suspension of the conference, which was decreed by the Balkan states allies, not only with out asking his opinion, but even with out permitting him to express it when he begged leaye to do so. He, had Waited a whole' week, hoping that re flection would bring the allies to more reasonable and moderate views., but as no desire had been manifested to hear what further rectification of the iron- tier Turkey was prepared to indicate without ceding Adrianople the Turkish plenipotentiaries could not remain in London indefinitely. Allies Are Skeptical. ' In deference to England and the other powers, whose Ambassadors re. gretted ftle rupture of the negotiations, Rechad Pasha consented to telegraph to Constantinople asking definite in structions. - - ' --. . The allies also are tired of waiting. They do not believe the note the pow ers will present in Constantinople will have the desired effect, but not wishing to take a decisive step without due notice to Europe, they have notified Sir Edward Grey and the Ambassadors of their intention to denounce the armls tice contemporaneously with or shortly after the presentation of the note to the porte. The allies will be ready to resume the war four days later In fact. Greece hasv not ceased hostilities. Servia has nothing more to conquer. With respect (Concluded on Pape : Millionaire Arrives In Miami, Fla., From Bahamas and Goes Direct to Hospital. MIAMI, Fla.. Jan. 12. William Rockefeller, whose testimony is wanted by the committee of the House of Rep resentatives Investigating the so-called "money trust," was examined here this afternoon by Dr. Charles W. Richard son, representing the House committee, to determine whether the physical con dition of the New Tork 'millionaire is such that he may testify safely. No announcement of the result of the examination was made by Dr. Richard son. He asserted nothing would be given out until he had made his report to Representative Pujo. chairman of the investigating committee. Dr. Walter F. Chappelle, Mr. Rocke feller's personal physician, and Percy Rockefeller, the millionaire's son, both of whom came here from New Tork yesterday to "be present at the exam inatlon. would make no statement in regard to the examination. The New York millionaire, whose whereabouts were unknown to the "money trust" committee for some time, arrived nere shortly before noon today on the' steamer Miami, from Nas sau. New Providence. He was met by his son and Dr. Chappell on landin and at once went to a hospital. With the exception of Dr. Richardson, Mr. Rockefeller refused to see visitors and refused to define his plans in connec tion with the efforts of the investi gating committee to obtain his pres ence as a witness. Mr. Rockefeller, according to his per sons! physician. Dr. Chappell, is suf fering from an affection jf the throat which makes extended speaking im possible. His condition is such. Dr. Chappell has asserted, that the strain attendant to his appearing before the "money trust" committee might rtsul seriously. ' FAIR WEATHER PREDICTED Disturbance Expected in Pacific Xorthwest Xear End of Week. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The week will open with a cold wave east of the Mississippi River and low temperatures will continue the first half of the week with generally fair weather, according to the weekly bulletin Issued today by the Weather Bureau. "In the Middle West," says the bulle. tin, "temperatures will be rising by Tuesday, preceding and attending the eatward movement of a low-pressure area now over the Pacific Northwest. Snows will accompany this depression and by Tuesday will cover the western portion of the country except the West Gulf states. To the eastward rain and snow and rising temperatures may bt:: expected after the middle of the week, while in the West there will be a re turn to fair an.d colder weather with the eastward movement. Another high pressure area is over Alaska. "Toward the end of the week an other disturbance will appear over the Far Northwest, accompanied by rising temperatures and unsettled weather." RADIO TO SERVE ALASKA Secretary Meyer Approves Regula tions for Commercial Fsc. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Six naval radio stations In Alaska will be opened for commercial business January 15. Secretary Meyer has approved regula tions for rates, methods of handling messages and other questions relating to the new service. The stations are at St. Paul, Dutch Harbor, Unalaga. Ko dlak, Cordova and Sitka. Messages from St. Paul, Dutch Harbor, Unalaga and Kodiak to all points in the United States except California via the North Head, Wash., radio station, will cost 25 cents a word, plus the commercial rate to destination. From St. Paul, Dutch Harbor, Unalaga and Kodiak to points in California, via the Eureka radio station, messages will be sent at the. rate of 30 cents a word, plus the commercial rate to destination. Fully prepaid messages addressed to ships in Alaskan waters or to Alaskan points will be accepted at North Head and Eureka from the public or by land wire for transmission by radio. HARRIMAN Irl SANITARIUM Son of Laie Railroad Man at Mitl doon's Place in Xew York. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Jan. 12 (Special.) William Muldoon, the form er wrestler who conducts a sanitarium just outside of this village, admitted today that Joseph W. Harrlman, son of the late E. H. Harrlman, the rail road man, is at his sanitarium. Mr. Muldoon, however, refused to say how long Mr. Harriman had been there or how long he intended to remain at the place. He also refused to say any thing concerning the present physical condition of Mr. Harriman. WOMAN MAY CARRY VOTE Only California Elector of Her Sex Likely to Be Messenger. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 12.-A woman is likely to bear to Washington the vote of the state's contingent to the Elec toral College. Mrs. Florence Collins Porter, of Los Angeles, a Progressive, and the only woman elector chose-n, will arrive here tomorrow to participate in the meeting tomorrow afternoon of the 13 electors. Her chances for- the appointment are said to be good. All Trains Routed Via Columbia Gateway. TELEGRAPH WIRES ARE DOWN Continuous Slides Compel De tour Over North Bank. SEATTLE WEATHER CHILLY Northern Pacific, Great Aortneru- and Milwaukee Railways Oper ating by Way of Vancouver, ; Wash., 13 Hours La4c. Seattle Snow falls and weather grow colder. Pendleton Snow falls all day", farmers and caitlemen rejoice. Hood River Snow torm damages power and telephone lines. Baker Chinook melta anow; rain probable. La Grande Warm rain melta snow: stockmen benefited. The Pallee Inch and half anow fall regarded as benefit to crops. Portland Rain. SEATTLE. Wash.; Jan. 12. Continu ous snow slides in the Cascado Moun tains kept the three Northern trans continental railroads tied up today and overland train3 were sent around the mountains by way of Vancouver, Wash.. and the North Bank Road. The Northern Pacific reported rros ress in clearing Its line and announced' that the mountain division would oe cleared in time for tonight's trains to so over their own tracks. Trains from the East due yesterday and today are coming in over the North Bank Road. Heavy snow i? falling in the moun tains tonight, according to reports re ceived by the Northern Pacific and Great Northern. -All Milwaukee lines ) are down and no report of conditions along that line has been received. . Olympian Sent Around. The Olympian, the Milwaukee's crack train, due here at 8 o'clock last night, was held at Cle Elum, east of tho sum mit, until 5 o'clock tonight, when it was sent dick to i-ina to ue u. in ferred to the North Bank Road. This detour will require 15 hours and the train is not expected in Seattle until late tomorrow. The eastbound Olym pian, scheduled to leave here at 10 o'clock this morning, left at 5 o'clock tonight to make the detour. The Great Northern also is com pletely tied and its Eastern trains are reported many hours behind, in the de tour via the Columbia River. The bodies of William H. Holt, of London, England; Patrick Moran, of New Haven, Conn., and John Brady, of El Paso, Texas, who were killed in a snow slide which caught a gang ot laborers at Tyee, on the Great North ern, last Monday, have been brought to Seattle and will be burled here. Weather Is Cold. Freezing weather prevailed in West ern Washington today. Snow stopped falling in Seattle soon after midnight and was followed by a drop in temper ature to '27 degrees above zero. The Weather Bureau predicts lower tem peratures Avith little snow and no wind for tonight. SLIDES BLOCK ALL TRAFFIC Trains, I'nable to Cross Mountains, ' Forced to Return East. ELLENSBURG, Wash., Jan. 12. (Spe cial.! Snowslide after snowslide, add a number of deep drifts on both the Northern Pacific and Milwaukee rail roads, have completely tied up trans continental traffic over the Cascade Mountains. Snow has been falling In cessantly In the hills since Saturday raornlng, and at the summit now meas ures 40 feet. All wires are down. AlimUst ono consecutive slide, 10 miles in length near Laconia. is block ing traffic on the Milwaukee road. Sat urday's "Olympian," which was sent through here as far as Cle Elum, re mained there until this afternoon, when it was turned around and started back to Chicago as No. 18. Passengers from Cle Elum say that . two engines were needed to get the big steel trains started out of the yards. Drifts were bucked without result by the big Mallet engine until a helper was put on to assist. .Only a few pas sengers were on the train. Northern Facific train No. 278, of Sat urday night, was caught between two slides at Upham and held there all night. On the train was Conductor. Carr. of Toppenish, who had been taken ill with appendicitis, and has being taken to a Tacoma hospital for an operation. The North Coast Limited of Saturday was kept here all night, and this morning. It was consolidated here with Saturday's No. 5 and sent to Pasco as No. 2. From Pjco the train was sent to the Coast via the North Bank. Trains 257 and 41 were like wise consolidated here and sent East as No. 6. No. iT9 turned here and ran east to Sunnyside as No. 280. Railroad men say that the road may be opened up tomorrow. Ten carloads of extra laborers were sent up to the mountains to shovel aside the drifts. The blizzard is still raging in the (Concluded oa Paso 0.) 1 17 H 109.0