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rmmtan. 48 PAGES PAGES 1 mi2 VOL. XXIV-NO. 50. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY 3IORXES"G, DECEMBER 10, 1005. PRICE FIVE CEXTS. nt NEEDS QUEST Nation Blindly Stag gers in Revolution. MANY FACTIONS STRUGGLE Leaders of Revolt Move Se cretly but Boldly. MUTINY CANKERS THE ARMY Wltte Anxious to Resign, but Czar Holds Mm Threatened Attack on Russian Bastile Mas lmovlch a New Jfero. ST. PETERSBURG, via Eydtkuhnen, Dec lo.4-Speclal.) But one question is being asked at present in thla unhaopy country, "Whero is the revolution leading Russia? It is the one all-important sub ject before the people, and happy would be the man who could foresee just what is ahead. But thjs is Impossible. The best-informed men can only guess at what may come to pass. All is chaos and disorder and, what is worse, there Is no light ahead. Russia today might well be likened to a giant staggering down a blind alley in the blackest midnight He knows not where his path leads: he cannot tell where pitfalls are before him. The end o it all can only be guessed And no; prediction Is of any value. For this revolution Is a terrible thing. It has paralyzed industry, it has ruined all business, it has tied up the postal and telegraph service and, when it de sired. It .has effectually stopped all rail road traffic It .has been responsible for crimes .unspeakable; It has caused thej bloo ft Russian patriots to How from one end pf the empire to the ether; it has ar rayed eise anst eteee iuM was against mas; It has bred mutiny In the "navy" r3 created -dissensien " 7jVtli soldiers: it has caused the peau'ivrle against the -tyrant who "fer centuries b&ve dat- kutWd-them. afrd grejind them to the earth. It has practically nulelfiefl the au thority of, the government and given to the proletariat powers he never dreamed of possessing 12 months ago, because he has learned how he may bend all author ity, even that of the Cxar, to his will.. No Strong Hand to Guide. The revolution has rushed blindly in a thousand directions. It has made great leaps, then it has halted for a moment in the face of some unexpected check from the government, but it haa only hesitated for a moment, before turning in another direction to rush into new excesses. The most paralyzing feature of it all Is that there Is. no bead to the revolution. With a strong man to take the helm. Russia might weather the storm from the reign of terror that it is felt must come. But there Is no controlling mind; there is no man strong enough to command obedi ence from the millions who are striving to obtain liberty, of which they have re ceived but a taste, and know not how to proceed tp obtain it. There is little won der then that the question. Where is the revolution leading Russia? is on the Hps of every one. In the struggle between monarchist, royalist, bureaucrat, consti tutionalist, conservative, radical, peasant, eoclallst, proletariat, anarchist and a hun dred other "lsts," who will win? To which cause will enough people rally to Bive it control? No one can answer. In the awful turmoil it is not strange there should be great fear lest, before conditions are adjusted and the country passes into a state where It is possible for nil to live, it will experience a reign of terror, the like of which the world has never . seen. Loyalty of Army Shaken. Will the government be able to eventu ally assert Itself and restore order, or wifl the throne fall? If the army remains loyal, perhaps the problem will be worked out and Russia may continue as a mon archy with constitutional limitations. But it is extremely problematical whether the army will remain loyal. In Manchuria the troops are on the verge of open re volt. There have been already outbreaks of minor .importance, but they show the temper of the soldiers. Throughout Rus sia proper there la hardly a garrison that is not in a state of mutiny. The frequent mutinies that have occurred have proven conclusively that at least a considerable part of the army is not loyal. The ques tion of the army's loyalty can hardly be tested until it becomes time to establish a dictatorship. This will probably be the last resort of the Czar, and, if it falls, Nicholas will probably be a monarch with out a kingdom, if. indeed, his life is not forfeited. And the revolution has hardly commenced. There have been revolution ary outbreaks in nearly every town and hamlet in the country, but they do not really represent the revolutloru. In many Instances they have been Incited by bu reaucrats with the insane idea, of forcing the Czar to reinstate the autocracy, which is now' impossible. Secret Organizers or Revolt. The real revolution that is to be de cided 'is not to be an affair of street brawls, xautlntes of the garrisons, clashes between revolutionary hotheads and the troops and sheutlng of defiance to the Caar and the government. The real revo lution isiar deeper, quieter, more power tul, tiH:et UBt.-threteHiBg. It is 'the! IN force that organized the great railroad strike: that wrung from the Cxar his grant of a constitution, which has not been put in operation. It is the power that has tied up the telegraph lines and put the postal service out of commission-bit is the Influence that aroused all Russia to think, to compare the condi tions of the subjects of the Czar with that of the people of every other civilized -nation. Final Blow Is Delayed. , At the present time the revolution is resting. The leaders are waiting. They know the time to strike has not yet at rlved. When they do fire the mine, the world will probably stand aghast at the havoc that will be wrought. The revolu tionary leaders approve of the outbreaks that have occurred. They give the gov ernment plenty to. do in quelling these disorders, which are no sooner put down in one spot than they break out in an other and distract the attention of the authorities from themselves. But the revolution Itself is too gigantic to be represented by these outbreaks, serious as some of them have been and serious ly as they have threatened the stability of the government. These outbreaks have been uncertain and some have failed. When the revolution really breaks, it will not be uncertain, nor will it fail, if the government docs not yield to the de mands of the revolutionists before they are ready to launch the revolution. Then will" come the deluge. Without a real head for the various interests striving for the mastery; -with all semblance of authority swept away, as it probably will be. what else can happen but civil war of the worst description? And while the revolu tion is halting, waiting to sec if the government will yield without the last resort to force, -the Czar is still tempor izing. Witte Ready lo Give Up. Premier Wltte is almost helpless. He is held back by his own Ministers. Del uged with thousands of conflicting de mands fort reform, he can accomplish little. If he is given time, he may work the miracle, but will he be given time? The revolutionists are determined on one thing, they will have their demands granted. They are waiting to give the government a chance to grant them, be cause the revolution has not been com pletely organized. When It is. if the need of revolution has not passed, it will be launched In earnest. Count Witte has held the middle ground, and in doing so antagonized everyone. He Is ready to lay down his portfolio, but the Czar will not allow him to do so. Should this only strong man of Russia give up the struggle, then noth ing can save the country' from complete anarchy. The reactionaries hate him and the Radicals distrust him. But he is necessary to save the Czar for a little while longer. But there arc few people who really hope he will be able to weath er the storm. 3an of Action "Wanted. ' WIth Witte gone, who is left? Among the intellectuals onlv fVmnt TvOetni on, piaxini Gorky loom abbve the crowd. Tolstoi would solve Russia's problem by gMng the land to the peasants and In stituting the single-tax system. Gorky, once himself a tramp and prophet .of the oppressed, would institute a sort of so cialism, based upon equality and broth erhood. But what the revolution needs now is men of action rather than men of thought; men who can direct the awaken ing of Russia's millions into something besides blindness, rage and aimless de struction. And there are no such men In sight. Therein lies the greatest danger. The rise of even a strong revolutionist would be welcomed by the great majori ty of the people, because they would then feel some confidence that if the revolution docs break it will be guided in some certain direction. But while the revolutionary leaders are waiting the revolution is progressing. It is making headway every day. Each day sees some development of signifi cance. The power of the revolutionists has Just been demonstrated afresh In the energy which was Injected Into Hie postal and telegraph strike. The authorities have boasted that the strike would be brought to a pedy termination. At a meeting today attended by 20 tele graph 'officials an answer to these boasts was framed In the passage of resolutions declaring tha the strike will go on until the demands of the operators arc com plied with. Other resolutions were adopted warning the government, Count Wlttcc and Minister Durnovo that the world should not be deceived through the reports that have been given out lhat the strike Is weakening because of the determination of the men not to up hold it. Force Jews to Sell Out. There is great significance as well in a meeting called for tonight, when a pow erful group of tradesmen will consider the question of making an attempt to buy out all the Jewish business in St. Petersburg and thus Insure the with drawal of the Jews from the business world. The proposition has been made to pay the JewlBh tradesmen of the city 140.000.000 roubles for their combined business enterprises and stocks of goods. If the Jews refuse to sell out at the figures offered by the tradesmen the threat is openly made that their shops will be plundered and destroyed. The movement that has just been inaugurat ed may lead to anti-Semite outbreaks here similar to those that have occurred in otner Russian cities. A religious demonstration has been organized fdr tomorrow, and anti-Jewish sentiment may crop out at that tinic. Mutiny at Capital. There were fresh developments yester day showing the mutinous feeling exist ing among army and navy forces. The more Important demonstrations occurred here and at the Schluesselburg fortress, although small mutinies are reported from several points. In this city It was necessary to call out a strong force of soldiers to surround the sailors of the Fourteenth and Eighteenth naval divi sions In order to send them to the fort ress at Crondstadt. These sailors have been on the verge of mutiny for weeks. One of the men boldly addressed Ad miral Niedermlllcr. saying: "You. should be drowned in our blood. Tou want to herd us together so that you can repeat the massacre of Sevastopol. The sailors barricaded themselves in their barracks and refused to move. A strong force of soldiers finally corralled the mutinefvrs a.n& forced them-to board .barges which carried them, to Cronstadt. AtSchleseelberg.fortress, locatedon an PROUD MY F0H STATE OF Battleship Named After Her Launched and Christened With Ceremony. MISS GOODING IS SPONSOR Sister Ship of Mississippi and One of Largest and Swiftest Peer of Any In Armament and Machinery. PHILADELPHIA. Dec J. (Special. Christened by the youngest sponsor that ever gave a name to a ship of war In this country, the battleship Idaho was launch ed, at Cramp s shipyard at 12:17 today. illss Louise. May Gooding, the 1 "-year- BATTLESHIP IDAHO AND MISS COOPING, vjUuflRTJER , " - " ." ,' ADDITION old daughter of. Governor Gooding. waA, accorded the" privilege of shattering the traditional ' gold-netted botttle of cham pagne against the brow of the mighty hull. "I christen thee Idaho!" she cried. In clear, distinct tones, as, the big battleship started on its journey - down the ways. Vlth the grace of a swan Jt took its dip. Fully 10.0W persons witnessed the launch ing, the largest crowd ever seen at Cramp's. On the christening platform a dlstln-.-guished company was assembled. Repre senting the state were Governor and Mrs. Gooding, Colonel WPliam C Hunter, of the Governor's staff; Chief Justice and Mrs. C O. Stockslager and about 30 citi zens of Idaho, including Senator Dubois. Senator Hey burn and Congressman French, and their wives. Lunch Follows Launching. Immediately after the launching -the members of the christening party and 500 invited guests were piloted to the mould loft, where they were guests of the Cramp Company at luncheon. The loft had been prettily decorated. After the luncheon Mr. Gooding, the Senators and others made appropriate speeches. At the -launching no one felt more proud or more elated than the Governor's daughter. Shortly before she' was escort ed to the christening stand she was pre sented with a beautiful gold locket, set with diamonds and pearls and a gold chain, by officials of the company. The Idaho looks very different today from the way she will appear when com pleted. She Is now half finished. Her hull below water line Is completed, but her upper works are a mere skeleton, and. In a coat of bright red paint, present a strik ing appearance. None of the armor has' been placed as yet, her sides now being temporarily protected with heavy timbers. She has every .appearance of an unfinished ship. Ship Takes Water Well. The launching was set for noon, when the tide was at flood. The christening party arrived promptly, and Immediately 250 workmen with sledgehammers drove In wedges to raise the vessel from her keel and knocked props from beneath her hulL The preliminaries occupied 17 min utes. As the last block was cut away some one cried: "She moves. At the same Instant there was the tre mor of the hull the 'young sponsor had looked for. The ship gave a great heave. 'Slowly she started to glide down the greased ways. Miss Gooding raised the bottle aloft. It crashed against the bow, the wine gushed forth and sizzled on the bow plates. To the cheering of thousands, the din of steam whistles and the waving of many white handkerchiefs, the Idaho rode down gracefully and took the -dip beautifully. She pushed out well Into the Delaware River and was then towed back to a slip close bj her sister ship, the Mis sissippi, where she will have her armor put on and machinery installed. Distinguished Idaho Party. Among those who witnessed the launch ing were: Miss Yeatman. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Pal iser. Miss Louise 9harp!ess. Miss Bffie Sharpies, B. EL Rich. B. W. Ross. wW. B. Lleuallen. Mr. and Mrs. C C Bald-tei-ston, Mr.' aad Mrs. Charles Salderston. iH.L. BaMwatMitaa4 ttMerfias Jf elite Wood, Mrs. W. B. Bdredge, Mr. and Mrs. a A. Aney, Mrs. Jacob G&Ibraltfc. Miss Margaretta Galbraith. W. EL Lee, O. II. Fields. Miss M. V. Swcetnow. Gorcmor- Good lag will leave tomorrow afternoon for Washlagtw. where he will remain a week. CONSTRUCTION OF THE IDAHO. She Will Be One of Umj Most Com plete Battleships. PHILADELPHIA. Dec 9. (Special.) The Idaho is the Sth. battleship to be added to the modern American Navy. With her sister ship, the Mississippi, she was authorized by the act of March 3. lid. was placed under contract January 25. 3SOI. and by the terms of that contract must be completed and turned over to the Government by May 25. ISO. She will cost approximately I3.CC0.CC0. Though one bf the latest battleships, the Idaho Is not one of the largest In our Navy. In size she closely resembles the historic Oregon, but differs from that ship in having less armor, but greater ar mament. The Idabor though much smaller than many recently built battle ships, is as heavily armed as any. and by many naval ofrtcers is considered an Ideal engine of naval warfare To be exact, the Idaho haa a length of 273 feet, and a breadth of 77 feet, with a displacement of 13.000 tons. There are 13 battleships of greater dimensions, and 10 of them havo greater tonnage. For in stance, the Connecticut, Kansas. Louis iana. Minnesota. New Hampshire and Vermont each have a length of CO feet and displacement of 16.0CO tons. 1hey are the largest battleships of the Amer- lean Navy.. Several others measun leet irom stem to stera ana we Missouri and Ohio are 2SS feet ov but these three ships 'have 'less ton: than the Idaho. Larger Than" the Oregon. ' The Oregon, on the other hand, meas ures but 31S "feet from jend to epd, and has a displacement of only 10,324 tons. The record madeby this ship in the Spanish War. -as compared to the record of spme of. the larger ships, demonstrates very clearly that size Is not the deter mining" factor In the usefulness or effec tiveness of a battleship. The Idaho Is designed to develop a speed of 17 knots an hour, but .all the ships built by the Cramps have exceeded the speed requirement, and it is to be presumed that the Idaho will do the same. This is a good average speed for a battleship: it is more speed than the Oregon developed: It Is more speed than, half the battleships of our Navy produced on their trials: though it Is below the speed required of some of the monster battleships of greater dimensions than the Idaho. On her trial, before she. is fully equipped, the Idaho will draw 24 feet 8 inches of water: -her mean draft when fully loaded will be 27 feet 14 Inches. This full load will Include tilled bunkers, which have a capacity of 17S0 tons of coaL Equal to Any in Guns. The most interesting feature of every warship, and in a sense the most im portant. Is her armament; her batteries. In this particular the Idaho wll be the peer of any battleship of the American Navy. Her main battery will Include four 12-Inch breech-loading rifles; eight S-Inch breech-loading rifles, eight 7-Inch breech-loading rifles and two 15-inch tor pedo tubes. 4jThls will be supplemented by a secondary battery, comprising 12 3-Inch. 14-pounder rapid-fire guns, six 3-pounder semi-automatic guns, two 1-po under auto matic guns, two 1-pounder rapld-flre .guns, two 3-Inch fleldpleces. two machine guns of .30 caliber, and six automatic guns of the same caliber. The batteries of the, Idaho are larger than those of the Oregon In all respects, save one the Oregon carried, four 13-lnch rifles, while the largest guns of the Idaho will be of 12-inch bore. Since the Oregon was built naval experts have decided that 12- Inch rifles arc equally as effective as 13- Inch, and less expensive. For this reason the 13-lnch gun Is no longer man ufactured, and the Idaho will be equipped with the heaviest guns that are supplied to latter-day battleships. While the battleship Is built under con tract, her guns arc manufactured by the Government at the naval gun factory In Washington. In fact, all the large rifles on board the different American war ships have been built by Uncle Sam In his own shops. Guns Mounted in Turrets. The 12-inch guns will be mounted In pairs. In two electrically controlled el liptical turrets, two on the forward deck, and two on the main deck aft- The S Inch guns will be mounted in pairs in four electrically controlled elliptical tur rets, two tnrretK on either side of the ship. The 7-inch guns will be mounted behind 7-lnch armor, along either side of the vessel on the main deck. The guns of the secondary battery will be dis tributed over the ship, in protected posi tions, where they can have a large arc of unobstructed tire. Their chief use. will be in feoaftllR eperatloae. and In case &C close cowibat witx. the enemy. When the OrefM was bwHt It was the ' ' ' Or-(UMjft SOOBLNG. WHO CHRISTENED Tilt: LATEST erh. Rage EMIT OF POLE TO BE COMPLETED Captain Amundsen the First to Traverse the Famed Northwest Passage. OBSERVATIONS COMFIRMED With Captain Mogg, of One of the Frozcn-In ' Whalers, He Makes 700-MIIc Joarncy Over Iand to Eagle. SEATTLE. Dec 9. By special arrange ment the Post-Intelligencer secured the following from Eagle tonight via Dawson: Captain Ronald Amundsen, the Norwe gian scientist and navigator, is at the Heath Hotel at Eagle, and will remain i. ' In the'Ndrth until he hears from Nansen by mall.' Besides "his. cable message, he has sent a mall report to Nansen. soldered up In a brasa cylinder weighing 21 pounds. Captain Mogg. of the San Francisco whaler Bonanza, wrecked off King Point, accompanied the explorer on his 700-mile Journey overland. Amundsen states- that he has traversed the entire lengtho'f the far-famed North west Passage, -being the. first .man to do so. traveling from 'cast to west. 'On Boothia .-Islands he took 'accurate astro nomical .observations within 0 -miles of the. magnetic pole." He believes that he passed over the pole .He states as a re-sult-of- his .woric-that former navigators have7been "correct in their observations and. the pole has not shifted. . i . f Saw Graves or Franklin's Men. Amundsen passed the graves of three of Franklin'smen "and saw the gravestones creeled by Sjr John Franklin. At the mouth pf the Mackenzie. Amund sen reports that the declination of the needle Is 45 degrees east. Mogg. who accompanied the explorer, reports that there are five whalers caught in the ice at Herschel Island. Their crews Include 2CO men. and two officers w1ve are with the party. The women, several officers and some men have start ed to mush over the Ice to Point Bar row with the purpose of going to Nome. The whalers are plentifully supplied with provisions to hold out until next Au gust, and there are plenty of caribou, mountain sheep and musk ox close at hand. The Icebound whalers have physi cians with them and a sufficient supply of medicine. Dr. Vdrlcle Will Accompany. Amundsen expects to start back to his ship with the Northwest mounted police this Winter, taking with him Dr. Varl cle, the French explorer, who has organ ized in Seattle and' Dawson an exploration society. When the ice opens up he ex pects to continue his Journey to .the west ward, completing the circumnavigation of the globe traveling through Arctic waters. Photographs taken on the trip will be sent from Eagle by the first m usher. j . i BILLY SUNDAY MAY Die Baseball Evan gel 1st Faints on Plat form and 3Iay Never Recover. BURLINGTON. Ia.. Dec ?. (Special.) Billy Sunday, the famous baseball evan gelist, broke down at. the revival here to night, and his death is feared. Sunday had started to preach to a crowd of 4000 people, when he toppled over on the plat form In a faint- He- has been preaching steadily day and night for months; and for the past week has not slept. It is -feared he may never recover hie remark able speaking power. BULLET ENDSEASY LIFE Robert BaltaHtyitc, Despondent Over Ill-Health, Commits Saiclde. NEW YORK. Dec 9. (SpecfoUJ-Refeert- D. BaHaatyue. the mllKosalre aad society matt, ahot sind kilted himself at-the haiiie. of ate SBoilMr. at.Newa.rk. N. J., tSBigfct. was X years old and unmarried. His grandfather was Peter Ballantyne. the founder of the Arm of E. Ballantyne & Sons, brewers- Mrs. Ballantyne. the mother of the. dead man. Is estimated to be worth S,CO?.6e. and she Is the ac knowledged ' leader of Newark society. Robert Ballantyne devoted but little time to the' busings, but led the life of a gen tleman of leisure No reason for the sui cide, except that for. some time he had been troubled wish physical ailments' that on several occasions had brought him near to death. COLLEGE HAS FAMOUS PARK Manltou Estate of 15,000 Acres Is Given to Colorado Institution. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Dec. 9. Dr. William F. Slocum. president of Colo rado College, today announced that Gen eral W. J. Palmer and Dr. W. A. Ball have presented to the college the exten sive estate known as Manltou Park, lo cated 20 miles west of this city. The park consists of 15,000 acres of land, two thirds of which Is covered by forest and the rest Includes a fine hotel and a num-, ber of cottages, the entire property Is valued at 1150.000. The purpose of the gift Is to establish a school of forestry for Colorado College and the revenue from the famous mountain resort will be used in the endowment of the school. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 43 deg.; minimum. 37. TODAT'S FIr. variable winds. Strong man needed to lead nation through revolution. Page 1. Mutiny among troops, grows more serious. Page 2. Telegraph strike strengthened by threats of violence. Page Czar's ukase granting freedom of press. Page 2. Dissensions in Cabinet. Page Foreign. Balfour opens British political, campaign. Page 2. Von Buelow answers Bebet's attack. Page XattoBa). " Battleship Idaho launched at Philadelphia. Page l- Presldenfs new policy toward Venezuela. Page 18. Admiral Dewey makes great speech on Navy. Page 3. Indignation meeting at Boston about old ship Constitution. Page -. roll ties. Radical measure for control of corporations proposed to Congress. Page 18. Hoeh asks-other states to loin in campaign 'against Standard OIL. Page 2. Governor Cummins favors .Government con trol 'or corporations. Page IS. Domestic. Mania of millionaires for divorce and actresses. Page 1. Chicago and Des Moines women - champion race-suicide. Page 4. Gridiron' .Club has fun with celebrities. Page 3j- Four ships ashore on Lower Atlantic Ocean. Page 2. ' ' Sport. Corvallis , team walk oft fleid: Multnomah win?. to is Pag 1. President Qulnlan of Columbia University favors revising foootbs.ll rules. Page IT.' Percy J. Megargel will cross American desert ia automobile. Page 17. Seattle Athfetlc Club defeats Astoria, 35 to 0. Page 16. Los Angeles takes third game In champion ship series vrlth Tacoma. 3 to 2. Page 10. Football rules committee discusses reform. Page. 2. SLx-day bicycle race won by Hoot and Fog ler. Page PJ. PaciAe Coast. Captain Amundsen expects to -continue the circuit of the North Pole. Page 1. Fire on Echo Mountain threatens the Mount Lowe observatory. Page -I. Ralph Rose, college athlete, arrested as a hobo. Page 4. Sheriff of King County.- "Washington, has de clared that gambling must cease. Page 5. Eugene R. Day. Idaho millionaire, sued by wife of a -year. Page 4. Linn County tax levy causes comment at Salem. Page 5. Southern Oregon miner confesses to con spiracy to steal rich, gold ore. Page 4. CpBsmercial aad Maziae. Potato shippers take steps against unfair grading of shipping stock. Page 39. Good undertone to stock market. Page 33. Wheat closes firm at Chicago. Page 33. Sixth series of wool sales at London closes. Page 33. Weekly bank statement again unfavorable. Page 33. Fancy apptea 'and potatoes firm at San Francisco. Page 33. Captain and carpenter bf the British ship Hyderabad have been shipmates for 33 years. Page ,J9. Steamer and schooner go ashore on Atlantic Coast. Page 18. Porttaad aad Yldaity. Puter-McKlnley crowd swindle Eastern In vestors out of many thousands. - Page- 10. Eighteen of the Republican committee of 24 hold conference. Page 14. Larry McLean makes unwelcome discovery that some unknown mother had left her infant la his apartments. Page 10. John M. Gearln's Democratic record Js that of a stalwart. Page S. Speculation as to future of hop market. Page IS. Milwaukle gambling cases thrown out of court by Judge Frazer. Page 8. Superintendent of Public Instruction wants agriculture taught in rural schools. Page 34. Police will make few arrests for Acting Mu nicipal Judge to. try. Page 36. Bruin prfives himself a. failure in Police Department. Page 10. Catholic clergy and laity will give Arch bishop Christie cordial welcome home. Page 11. Plans for Senator Mitchell's funeral. Page 24. Portland solicitor for meat company falls heir to 1100.000 and gold mine in Alaska. Page 14. Books recommended tor children. Page 13. Business men will make next excursion to California. Page 13. Alaska wants to do Its trading la Portland Instead of Seattle. Page 34. Benefit at the Baker nets S600 for the Loubet fund. Page 10. Democrats will celebrate Jackson day. Page 10. Featares aad Deyartaeats. Editorial. Page 6. Church aBaouscments. Page 33. Claactaed advertisements. Pages 19.23. Real ltlag of beasts: Page 33. Paid S36.0O0 for & now ro-e. Page 37. King Alfoaso, the greatest flirt In Europe. Page 4t. New "frontier tows sear Porttafid. Page 48. Bobble Bums' asld Brig e Ayr saved. Page 39. Portlaad pessimist in Europe. Page 43. Judge Williams recollectiees. Page 43. Mb Tlagle's cee-klag lessos. Page Frederic J. Hasfcia's letter. Page 44. AsAblUes-s of 'crippled sewsfeoy. Page 3. B4aes realty la great demaad. Page 32. Bo-k reviews, ?age 4. ScaU Page? 'J4-27, . Dramatic .Pages 28-38. , MstcaL Page 31. HaasMd. aad..fahlSL Pas -.42-43. 7stas!Assrtae9t. Page-47;, IDE FAITHLESS BY NEW RICHES Many Millionaires Who Desert Wives. WOH BY ACTRESSES1 CHARMS Corey Only the Last Addition to Long List. RUIN CAME TO SOME MEN When Wealth Comes, Their Love Wanders to Xcw Objects and Di vorce Suits and Scandal Stain Their Fame. SUBJECTS OF SCANDAL'S TONGUE; The sensational affair of President Corey, of the Steel Trust, has cJlled attention to other men of millions whose domestic affairs have caused widespread scandal.' The more recent and prominent may be listed" as fol lows; . "William B. Leeds, formerly of Rich mond. Ind.. and known as the "Tlnplate K!njr," Induced hie wife to sue for dl vorce and then married Mrs. Nonnle Stewart Worthlngton. of Cleveland, who had carted from her husband. Daniel G. Reld, formerly of Richmond, Ind.. after the death of his first wife, married Clarissa. Agnew. a young woman of the comic opera stase. Frank A. Magortan, Trenton. X. J., became Infatuated with the wife of ' an employe: both secured divorces and were married. This marked hla -financial ruin. Henry M. Flagler, known as the "King of Florida. When his first wife became Insane, he bad passed In Florida, a law which enabled him to divorce her. and then he. married Mary. Lily Kenan, of North- Carolina. Antonio Terry, son of a rich Cuban pUntef. "sought for four years to get rid of. h! wife, and. when she died during- The litigation, he married Sibyl Sanderson, a former prima donna. James Street, formerly of Englewood. N. J., and a. 'steamship corn pan y presi dent, deserted his wife for Ednl Miller, a. ntenographer. and was driven to ob scurity when the affair became known. Alan A. "Wood, an aged widower of Pittsburg, secretly married Go!dle,Mohr, an actress. Henry TT. Oliver, of Plttlburg. After his death Mrs. Margaret Kingsley de manded money of his estate to support a child. Harry Thaw, of Pittsbunr, recently married Evelyn Nesblt, a former act. resa and dancer. - I . r I - V T T T T T 1 T T . f NEW TORK. Dec. 9. (Special.) "What microbe attacks men who suddenly ac quire riches, that causes them to desert their wives, the women who have aided them In amassing- their millions, to take up with butterflies of the gilded stage?" This question comes abruptly to the front in connection with the domestic scandal In the life- of President Ellis Corey, pf the United States Steel Corporation, who Is charged with a desire to shed his faith ful wif. the woman who educated him and gave him his start In business, that he may- marry Mabella Gilman. New York, Philadelphia. Cleveland and Pitts burg, more especially Pittsburg, society has been eadly torn by these scandals. Leeds, Tlnplate Millionaire. William B. Leeds, who flashed out of Richmond. Ind.. and speedily became a. multi-millionaire, was about first of. the list. His home life had been Ideal until he became rich,, then be beheld .Mrs. Non nie Stewart Worthlngton, wife of a gay youngster of good family. Within two years Leeds and Mrs. Worthlngton each secured a divorce from their mates and were married. Frank A. Magowan, Mayor of Trenton, N. J... stands out well In the list as hav ing married a. poor girl who helped him become rich and powerful. Then Magow an became enamored of the wife of a man named Barnes, employed in one of his factories. Magowan and the 'woman both obtained divorces after long .fights in the courts, but it marked the downfall of Magowan. Flagler, King of Florida. One of the richest men in the United States Is Henry M. Flaglerf sometimes called the "King of Florida." He was an original partner In the Standard Oil Com pany with John D. Rockefeller. In 1SS3, when he was a Croesus, he married a woman In Philadelphia, Ida Shrouds, the daughter of a clergyman. For a number of years she has been insane and still lives In a sanitarium near Newark. It was Mr. Flagler who made Florida the .great Winter resort of America, For his benefit the Florida Legislature, in 3901. enacted a law providing that incurable insanity of four years' duration should be legal grounds for divorce. Ten days after the measure became a. law "Mr. Flagler applied for and was granted a1 divorce from Ida. Shrouds Flagler on the -ground that she was. incurably insenc Two months after the decree was signed Mr. Flagler, then 2 years old, was married again In 'North Carolina, to. Mary Lily Kenan, aged 36. the daughter of a hlghly- Teapected old family of the state. The bride's wedding gift was K00e,m The case of Antonio Terry and Sybil 3aadrsoa is so familiar to the PaelQc Coast that it calls for no retelling here. A plain, hard-working man was James H .ihtiiitrftaftwafc Ue kead, HtJ.