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48 PAGES VOL. ZOXT-NO. 51. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. DECFarRTTR p iov- - ; JTXXUXU JL'J.VJi Ullii'XS. i : - all oram TO BE COIF Fulton Will Offer Ob jection to None. GEARIN STANDS WITH HIM Places Interest of Oregon Above Own Wishes. ACCORD WITH PRESIDENT letter From President and Fulton's Own Statement Show There Is No Friction Why Exception to Rule Was Made. OREGON APPOINTEES TO BE CONFIRMED. O. .T. KEKD. United Slates Marshal. May IS. 3005. t. K. WOIVYEKTON. United States District Judce, November 21, 1005. W. O. BRISTOL, United Btates Dis trict Attorney. Docetnbor 1, 1005. J. M. LAWRENCE. Receiver of Rose burg Land Office, December 1, 1005. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec. 23. Soon after Congress re convenes In January, United States Dis trict Judge C. K. Wolvcrton, United States District Attorney W. C. Bristol. United States Marshal C. 3". Reed and J. M. Lawrence. Receiver of the- Roseburg Land Ofllce, will bo confirmed. Senator Fulton will join with Senator Gearin in recommending favorable action on all lour nominations, and at the united request of the Oregon Senators the nominations will be confirmed. 1 No Friction With "President. It was within the power of Mr, Fulton, had ho bo desired, to hold up any or all of these nominations, and for a time it was believed ho would Interpose objec tion to the confirmation of Mr. Reed and Mr Lawrence. "But the Sonator has con sidered tliis matter nt length and in all Its phases, and has reached the conclusion that ho will best serve his state by per mitting these- nominations to be con firmed. Whatever friction may have been caused by the recent appointments has been eradicated, and Mr. Fulton makes a frsh start supported by Mr. Gearin and indorsed by a hearty letter from tho President. Apropos of tho appointments. : Mr Fulton today gave out the following statement: Duly to State First. "In all probability 1 shall not oppose the continuation of any of the nominations sent in by the President. Whatever might be my personal preferences or wishes, I fed that it is my duty to pursue that course which will best enable me to ad vanco the Interests of the people of Ore gon. They are not concerned as to which particular applicant shall be appointed to a given office. To engage in a contest over confirmation? is to Interfere with my work -in other directions. Tho state is without full representation, while its needs arc many. Hence, even were I dis posed to oppose the confirmation of any or tho nominees. I would not be serving the people of Oregon best' by engaging in any such controversy under existing con ditions. President Explains Attitude. "It Is proper to say, however, that re ports of friction and strained relations between the President and me are entirely incorrect. That charge will be sufficiently answered by quoting from a letter written me some days ago. In which the Prosident refers to sucli reports and says: " 'The reports as to friction between you and me arc entirely incorrect. You uro Senator from Orogon. and you shall, as a matter of course, havo all consideration from me. This applios to tho question of appointments as 'much as to other mat ters, save that, owing to the peculiar con ditions obtaining In Orogon as regards of fices under tho Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior, I have felt obliged to act on my own responsibil ity In reference thereto.' " Gearin Stands With Fulton. Asked about his attitude towards Judge Wolvcrton and Messrs. Reed. Bristol, a-.d Lawrence. Mr. Gearin said: ' J am for the President's appointments and will support them. They aro good irxn and will be confirmed. I am vary glad to know Senator Fulton will not op rose the confirmation of any of them, j W ith our ombiiied support they whl all be confirmed." WHY SENATOR. DID VOT , ACT Fulton Explains Course lit Regard to Mitchell Death. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Dec. 28.- In regard to the Inaction f tPSeal0 on ,n" dwith f Senator Mitchell. Senator Pulton said tonight-. As certain papers In Oregon have rxltl clrcd me for not ..tTerlng a resolution In respect to a memorial to Senator 2J!ihl! I feel Justified in making t foltewlng I am Kure I deplore as deeply as am person the misfortune and death of Sen ator Mitchell. That be had my sympathy throughout all his troubles 1 never sought to disguise When his death occurred, im position was one of extreme dHcnrv i was anxious that there should be paid to .his memory by tho Senate the usual marks of respect I prepared the customary res olution 8nd expected to offer It, but before -the time arrived for so doing I was called on by a number of tho leading Senator, who ad Ised me tliat any resolutions on the subject would meet strong opposition. I M then conferred with nractleallv all the mem bera aad was atcured by several that they would openly oppose- any ruch resolution, and by many that they would veto against It pecmed to me. and I could not escape the conviction, that to Insist on the reso luUons under ruch conditions weald only Inflict keener anguish on the already grief stricken friends of the dead, and that they would Justly condemn me for having pre cipitated a public discussion ro painful and distressing. All that any of his friends In the Senate advlrcd was that I xbould rim ply announce bis death without efferlng a resolution or moving adjournment. To da that. It seemed to me. was only to accentu ate the fact that his pasting away was to be Ignored by the Senate. I felt that I preferred, and that all his friends would prefer, silence to acrimonious discurslon as to whether or not there should be paid to bis memory the Might tribute of simple adjournment. In a situation so difficult and delicate. I felt that I should be -governed by his old time friends In the Senate, ex-Senator Tel ler, for example, who. at first, favored of fering a resolution, after canvassing the Senate, came to me and odxised me to take no action whatever. Such was also the ad vice of Senators Spooner. Hale, rorakcr, Lodge, Allison and numerous others. Dcnby Is Not Boot's Choice WASHINGTON. Dec 23. Through a misunderstanding of the remark made yesterday by Secretary Root, in connec tion with the appointment of Mr. Pcirce to be Minister to Norway, tho statement was sont out that Charles Dcnby. the present chief clerk of the Btato Depart ment, would succeed Mr. Pelrce as Third Assistant Secretary of State. It is learned today that this statement was erroneous, and that secretary Root is not yet pre pared to announce his selection for this place. Hrownlow Has 3Iost Bills. WASHINGTON, Dec 28. Representa tive Brownlow, of Tonnessce, holds tho record so far for introducing: bills at the present session of Congress. In 33 days ho introduced 374 bills. Tho total number of bills Introduced in tho House was 1061, as against a total of 19,209 for all sessions of tho last Congress. MARY I.EAFflREISX WAS WIFE TUM WATER MAYOR. OI" Arch Glover TeKtlHc Woman Wni Not Wife of Mnn Wlione Money . She Want. ST. LOUIS. Doc 23. Arcli Glovor. a Btockralaor of Richmond. Mo., testified in the Probate Court today in the case of Mrs. Mary A. Loaf preen against the estate of Laclede J. Howard, that he Jiad known Charles Howard. Mayor of Tumwater. Wash., from childhood, that he had played, with him and that he was the man who married Mrs. Loaf grrcon at Palmer. III., Instead of Lac lede J. Howard. The attorneys for the defense say they hRve six othur wit nesses who will testify that the Mayor of Tumwxter Is the man Mrs. Laf Ktpoh nmrrlt-1 Fivo w)tJMte:&faire al ready declined that the picture, -of Laclede J. Howard is not that of the man who married Mrs. Leafgrecn and they have been equally positive that the Mayor of Tumwater was the Charles Howard they knew in P-ilmer. III. Tiie first witness waa Mrs. KHsh Ks toll. formerly housekeeper fr Laclede J. Howard. She said that at the tlm Mrs. Lehfgrceii claimed to Jtavo met Mr. Howard the family was la Florida. She was positive that Mr. Howard went away in February and that he did not return until the latter part of March. All flPP UITU TLinr APTDCOO HLL UrT VVI I fl InCAOl ntOb One Condition of Corey's Reconcil iation With His Wife- PITTSBURG. Dec 2. SpocMil.)-"Ona million dollars, no questions askou or an swered." This proposition has been made to Mrs. Laura Cook Corey, wife of the president of the United States Steel Corporation. The proposition was. in short, that W. Ellis Corey would furnish to Ms wife un disputed evidence that he and MaboJlc Gilman had ceased to be anything to each other. He would give his wife FLOOO.000. or more than enough to make her Inde pendent for life, and make a will naming his son as his hoir. Instead of cutting him J oil wiiu as ne inreatcneo some j time ago. Mrs. Corey consented to tills arrangement, and went with hor father-in-law to his home in North B mil dock. W. Ellis Corey may be at his father's homo for Christmas dinner and a recon ciliation, but it is not necessary front a financial iolnt of view that ho be there as it Is understood that Fred A. Corey brought back to PiUMmrg a certified chock for 51.000.00i) for Mrs. Core-, to shww .that business was meant. FALLING OREJCILLS EIGHT Newport Mine Disaster Snuffs Out Many Lives Underground. I RON WOOD. Mich.. Doc. 2-. Eight mon were killed today by a fall of ltt tons of ore from a slip on the 130 foot level of the Newport mine in Iron wood. The dead are: Jool Harm. Joan Frank. Peter Dcraorrer. James B. Lynch. Alexander Paroabeare, Nick Gregovgll. Joel Lurkuer and Frank Tran. On account of tho great danger from drifting ore and broken timbers, sev eral days will prolmbly elans before all the bodies are recovered. BOSTON GETS GOLD MEDAL Portland Fair Fnvors Hoard or Health Exhibit. BOSTON. Dec. 22. The award of a gold medal to tho Boston Board of Health by the Commissioners of the recent World's Fair at Portland. Or.. whs announced In a latter to the board today The exhibit vhlch the hoard sent t the Exposition and which lias been returned to Boston. ! illustrative especially of tho treatment of infec tious dlseasos as devolapej and prac ticed by the hoalth authorities of this city. Italian Settlers for Mindanao. MANILA, Dec. 23. General Leonard Wood has requested tho Philippine Com mission to extend the land laws to the districts of Zamboanga and Mindanao. Archbishop Harty Is negotiating with the Italian government for permission to in duce immigration from that country to settle in Mindanao. General W'iod is also exerting every Influence iu an effort to secure Mttlcrs &f lLa Horn iviac. IL UYS URGE 0 Northwestern Traffic Map May 'Be Changed by New Conditions. WILL WORK IRON LANDS New Stock Transfers Will Enable Northern Pacific to Spend $25, 000,000 and Extend the Line 1000 Allies. CHICAGO. Dec 22. (Special.) The New York correspondent of the Evening Post, recognized its unusually well posted on big deals on Wall street, says: Wall street la on the lookout for an other rearrangement of the Northwestern railway map, and holiday "melon cuttjng" by James J. HI1L Ever since the United States Supreme Court put Hill's railway trust compromise company tho Northern Securities out of business, the great rail way and industrial chief of the great Northwest has been devising; plans quiet ly to carry out some of his old Ideas about progressive upbuilding of his terri tory and properties. The failure of his merger compromise was ti great disappointment to him, and now it is possible to state definitely a few of the wide-reaching plans which, as Mr. Hill said recently to some of his backers, "will make you as much money in the next five years as I made for my old associates In 25 years." Mr. Hill likes to "mako good," but he takes his own good time. He knew the Great Northern branch of the Northern Securities was the possessor of valuable Iron ore lands which one day would be developed to great profit by his speculative friends. This property apparently Is to bo the next means of turning dollars into the laps of his asso ciates. Lands for Steel Truwt. H has been known here for some days that leases of the lands to tho United States Steel Corporation on a sliding roy alty scale lacked only signatures to make thorn offoctlva When these are completed the Groat.Northorn land w!I be operated on an increasingly active soale which will not 4 per cent the flrst" year and finally H per cent on tbe capital of the holding company which will receive the profits. It is Mr. Hill's plan at present to make the remnant of his one-tlra JKO.OOO. 000 Northern Securities serve this purpose. In order to do the right thing by his 1 financial associates he says he will dis tribute to them any stock Issued by this company at rock bottom figures. Plans Go Still Farther. Bt bis plans go still farther. The Great XorlBrH a,,d the Northorn Pacific, until recently held by the Northorn Securities. are too closely associated. They liave Jointly guaranteed $nC.o;uLfO) 4 per cent heads, the nrooeed of the salo of n-iiioh j went to buy the Chicago. Burlington & , Qutocy. This road now must have a dif ferent control, and consequently it is planned to have it a member of the Groat Northern family, where It originally in tended to abide. In order to bring about this change, tho Great Northern, North orn Pacific and Burlington Joint 4 per com bonds must be retired and the North ern Pacific must be paid for Its equity. There is a bare possibility that the real purpose of the recent issue of ES-KWO Great Northorn stock coincides with that of the present needs of the new siock. xnere is a clause in the merger behind these bonds which stipulates that they may be retired on six months notice any time after January 1. 1XS. at 103 and interest. Recently activity in the market for bonds suggests tho Hill-Morgan inter ests nave been buying them up with a view of saving what can be saved of the price between current market rates ad m. Will Have Money Then. "After those bonds have been re tired and new ones issued, the North ern Pacific will have- J25.06e.0e0 to spend, and Mr. Hill thinks. about 1060 miles of new trackage, tapping- valu able territory would be a good policy. This Is net because of contracts now under way for cxtonding- tho Chicago. Milwaukee & St Paul to the Pacific Coast. Tho other day in conference with one of bis Wcstorn friends, Mr. Hill said he would be willing- to jrive the SL Paul the use of his Coast term inals, 'at cost. Tor the good it will do In developing the exports of the North west.' When tho Northern Pacific uses its J2.5.d00 and more for thee ex tensions it probably will Isoue some new stock in order to make the project complete. Chiefs Arc HoMilc- HItl and Harrlman arc not wholly reconciled to each other. According to currcpc Wail-street Information Hill and his banker. J. P. Morgan, think Han-imaa's Union Pacific too good n proposition to leave untouched. Until only recently it was known generally that the Union Pacific, through the Oregon Snort Line owned a block of the Hill stock, owned in turn through Northern Securities. It is said here that. Hifl and Morgan In order not to let too many profits from their own pro jects so over to their old enemy, have been buying Union Pacific neally of late. It Is even declared they expect to get a representation on the board of the company. Mr. Harrlman speculates not a little. In carrying out his projects he had to tell some of his friends' his plans an3 the stock market accordingly got too strong for his notions. It is said in order to hold down speculation he sold .mure Union Pacific stock than he should PAN have done If he hoped to keep control, and that Mr. Hill and Mr. Morgan bought. This would never do, o Mr. I riarrjraan sold most or nis stocKs of Hill's company he held in order to pay for having- been caught napping- and to bur back Union Pacific stock. In tbe meantime Harrlman. so it is said here, has conceived the old plan of bringing; his road into alliance with the New York Central and the Chicago & North western, and try to -Induce Rockefcl ler's St. Paul not to build to the Pa cific Coast, but to use Union Pacific lines. The St. Paul, however, is branching- out and it is understood will try to buy the Kansas City South- era cany next year In order to set down to the Gulf. Incidentally Mr. Hill thinks this road the logical one for the WTlntcr export trade and conceives taking- over the Missouri, Kansas & Texas. In the meantime. Wall street Iooka forward to the official announce ment of all these plans as fresh in centive to increased speculation next year." Ship Dollars by the Ton. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Dec. 23On million silver dollars packed in 334 boxes and weighing 70.CD) ponnds consigned to China passed through the port of entry si LAreoo tocay. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. VESTERDATS Maximum temperature, SS deg.; minimum. SO deg. TODAY'S Occasional rain, part snow or sleet: variable wtnc. moiUy southerly. RassU. Rebellion at Moscow causes deadly batttes at barricade, rage 2. rians of rebels betrayed to Governor, who was ready for them, rage 2. Rumor that Cxar will make IgnatlefT dic tator, rage 2. Troop clear streets of St. retrroburc. Page -. Strlk spreads slowly and many workmen refuse to Join, rage 2. Finland celebrates restored liberty, rage 2. Porelga. Candidates for French rresldency. rage .3. Reyes trying Colombian conspirator. IVge S. Franc will send fleet to Morocco. VK" 5. Heroic rescue of drowning sailers by Au stralian nherman. Page 5. National. Fulton y all Oregon appointee will b confirmed. Page 1. Henry not worrying about I'uter and Me- Klnley. Iage 13. Hermann still trying to ilelar trial. lsr- is Moody will make ten case against trusts. i-age 3. Oregon railroads sued for rate discrimina tion. iage z. District Attorney Baxter defies rrestdent. rage 3. Court-martial for AnnapoMs hazer. Pago 13. Politic. Roosevelt aim to control New York Ite- puonean machine, rage J. New Tork County delegation declares Wads- wqtui second choice, rage 1. i Domestic J. JrJIW xriH cut btrn1 fc Wd.n Seetrftltt steckhetdkrs AtA ttrfZlni&r near lines. Pj t Colonel Mann grilled In "Fads and Fan cies" trial, rage 3. Deadly riot at negro Chrtrlraas festival In ucersia. I'aga; ZO. New rate- of iteyal Arcanum declared Il legal, i-agc i. rennsylranla millionaire elope with wife of riunmmoar. I age 3. Jac!nc Coat. t Steamer Portland wreck In fog In Ketchi kan. Alaska. I'age 1. ruler" desperate effort ta dispose of his lorgca tana certincate. rage -I Charles V. Galloway may run for Congress a we rirsi uregen District en the Dem ocratic ticket, rage 5. Sheepmen of Umatilla County form an or ganlratktn. rage 3. Senator Splawa accuse Governor Mead of tampering with the truth, rage 4. Awards mad? at the poultry show at Al bany, rage 4. Miss Lulu Bex-en charged with theft of S700Q from Oakland. Cat, postoCflce. Tage 15. Sports. All-Stars will have strong football team. Page 1C. Boat crews will race Christmas day. Tage 16. Football reform has many advocates. Page 1G. M--rgeI tells of his auto trip to Flagstaff. Arix. rage 17. Jack O'Brien's turn Is next, rage 17. Militiamen are busy at rifle practice. Page 17. Baseball men rest for next season. Tage 17. Commercial aad Marine. Hop priees held strong, with light demand, rage 35. Weekly statement of New York banks I favorable. Tage 35. Narrow fluctuations ami firm closing In Chi cago wheat market, rage 35. Cured fruits dull at San Francisco, rage 33. Stock market stands severe test during week. I'age 33. Captain "Jack" Iteed ran away with launch Fox while left, unguarded by keeper appointed by Justice Court. Tage 20. Portland aad Vlcialtj. North-bank read laya rails on renlnnuta. to bo In readiness to cross O. It- & N. tracks. Tage P. atson hold school Board of Control Page S. at Vancouver and Cees to Olympla. Bruin order policemen to hlp In every way specials named by Lane. I'age 24. What Is being done to water the arid lands of Idaho, rage 15. Standard Oil Is at It old trick, rage l. Report for school year given out- I'age II. Mr. Simmons a!o of realty must stand. ay court. Page 21. rian for excursion to California, rage It. Will of Mrs. II-d 1 valid, says court. Page S. Scratching at primaries may permit one party To ferco weak nomlness -on the other. Page S. Feature and ReparinirBts. Editorial, rage 0. -Charch announcements. Tag 31, Classified advertisements, rages 20-2X. Society, rages 20-27. Music rage 27. Dramatic. I'ages 2?-2. Portland children look forward to Eaata Claus. rage 30. Rents ef business property steadily rising. Page 31. AppHed Christianity weapon In warfare on vie, rage 32. Chinese flock Page 33. to Portland Winter. New York, Washington and San Francisco letters, rage 3d. Newell Dwlght mills sermon. Page 37. An unsolved Christmas mystery. Pagi 3?. American money restoring historic castle. Pago 39. Donations to charity J5fi.000.O00.' race -10. Children who could supplant Saata Claus. rage 41. " George II. Williams reminiscences. Page 4L Fashions, rage 42-4X Frederic J. faklns letter. j Paco' '44. ChrUtmaa wreck at the Xata.Xale. Page IS. Books, rase. 4. Yoatbs departineat. Pare 47. Part!- amrtariit te Bar-, Pace it. OLD SMUGGLER A WRECK IN ALASKA Steamer Portland Runs Ashore jn. Fog on Spire Island, : " Near Ketchikan. PASSENGERS ARE SAVED Picturesque. Career or Vessel Built Twenty Years Ago on North At lantic Coast Ends on Far 1 . " Northwestern Seashore. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 23. Tho steamer Portland went on the rocks at Spire Island, about eight miles north of Ketchikan. Alaska, the night of De cember 21. A dispatch from Captain LIndquist. master of tho vessel, states that the steamer Is hard aground and Is leaking- badly. He thinks she will be a total loss. The passengers are supposed to have been transferred to Kcjchlkan. The Portland Is owned and operated by the Alaska Commercial Company, of San Francisco. Spire Island Is a small, rocky point In the center of Ilcvlilacgcgido Chan nel. It is thought by marine men that the 600 -tons of ore on board the Portland deflected the vessel's compass and. during- the fop;, she bore too much to starboard and brought upon the Island. Tugs will be started to her rescue as soon as possible. They can not reach her for at least three days. The Portland Is 'one of the best known boats on the Pacific Coast. In July. 1S97. she arrived In Seattle from St. Michaels, bringing the first news of the wonderful richness of the Klon dike, and about $700,000 In dust. In 1301 she was caught In the Ice near the DIomcde Islands and drifted far Into Bering Sea before being- able to escape. Captain LIndquist. her master. Is one of the best authoritlos on Alaskan waters in command of a vessel. He has been preparing- charts of Lynn Canal, which he was soon to have for warded to Wcshlngton. Among- the passengers on board was Otarl. Davis, R well-known Seattle man, and son of Captain Jensen, pilot for several of the large vessels. The Portland has bad a checkered ca reer. She was built at Bath, Me., In 1SS3. for Captain Compton. and christened the Haytian Republic. Her maiden trip on a regular schedule wan between San Fran cisco and Seattle. In 1SSS, and since that time she has furnished material for many startling tales of the sea. Before coming to the Pacific she was seized for carrying contraband of war. but was released. Then she met with a collision, the marks of which were still visible when she came to the Pacific Coast. In 1SS8 she was brought around the Horn to be used In the cannery Interests, but J proved too large, and was soon laid up. I She was then used for a short time as an opposition boat between San Francisco and Seattle, and In June, 1S32. was chartered by Dunbar. Blum & Thompson, of this city, to carry freight between Vancouver and iuget Sound ports and the Columbia itiver. m reality, contraband Chinamen and opium constituted the most profitable part oi ner cargoes. When the big smuggling ring was finally exposed; the steamer was taken to Port land and sold by the Government to Sut- iuu oc xiceoc tor it,iw. sne was ex tensively repaired and renamed the Port land. Sutton & Beebe sold her to Snn Francisco parties, who placed her In the Coast coal trade. She was caught In the same storm that sent the Kcweenah and Monserrat to the bottom, but escaped by a miracle and pat Into Victoria for re pairs. Her dimensions are: Length. 191.5 feet: f.-itut, ieci; oeptn. jj.z rcet. She reg Istera 5S tons net. NEW MERGER IS FORMED Xcw York Capitalist Will Join All City Traction Iilncs. NEW TORK. Dec. 2X-Tho Times to morrow will say: j. x: Morgan r Co., h. H. Rogers, of th Standard Oil Company, and several otner nnanciors not heretofore Identified with the local traction situation It was learned yesterday, have been associated with August Belmont &. Co. and tho cap italists interested In the InterbomnpH Rapid Transit Company. In the merger of .-j a uwuun lines, cievaied. sur face and underground. Edward IL Harrl man has been 'concerned in the negotia tions, at least as a friendly adviser to Mr. Belmont. Whether ho Is to acquire an interest In the new concern could' not be ascertained yesterday. The consolidation of the traction com panies. It was further learned, has been brought about by a morger of the Ryan Interests with tho Inter borough Rapid Transit Company rather than by the pos sessing of the latter by tho Morgan-Rogers-Belmont group. Payment to Ryan for his interest In the Metropolitan Securities Company and its control In the lines will probably be made in stock of a new hold ing company that Is to be organised rather than in cash. ' Walter J. Ookman. president of the Hudson Companies and a director In the Interborough Rapid Transit Company y111. apromlnent factor In the consoll daUon. Through the Hudson Companies !l,Pe.nns,yvan,a a!road becomes indi rectly Interested in the traction merger. TJTsTIMATU3r OF EMPLOYERS Boss Printers Say TItcy Will Xcvcr Concede Closed Shop. CHICAGO, Dec. S. Any possibility of surrender of Typothctae printing shops to the Typographical Union. January 1. was removed when the following notice was posted In 2S of the strike-bound establish ments: "To allay any aperehenton or fears on the part of our co m peir-rpont em ployes as to our position on tbe open stoop aiir jum- if (no members of the Chicago Typothetae re iterate that our shops will be conducted as open shops after January 1, IMS, 54 hours constituting a week's work, and that under no circumstances will we en tertain any propositions from Typograph ical Union No. 16 to the contrary. "AH employes Jn our service are hereby assured of permanent positions as long as they continue to fulfill their duties satisfactorily." UNITE AGAINST WOKK3LEN. 3Ictal Trades Seek Combination to Ilcslst Their Demands. NEW YORK. Dec. 2X-That the mem bers of the National Metal Trades Asso ciation are seeking to bring the 5000. em ployers throughout tho country together, so that they will be able to meet the dc jnands of their 230.CW workmen, was in dicated today when the executive com mittee or the New York Metal Trades Association was requested to consider the proposition to- affiliate with the National body, which will meet on the second Thursday In January. If the New York employers Join the Metal Trades Associa tion, cmployera In Chicago. CleVeland, Cincinnati. Boston. Buffalo and St. Louis, it is said, will do likewise. Henry C Hunter, secretary of the New York Metal Trades Association. Issued this statement today: "Tho open shop system is now general 1n the boiler and blacksmith trades. A demand of the blacksmiths for the renewal of the trade agreement has been Ignored by the em ployes. I do not know whether or not the demand for the closed shop will be made next year, but the open shop ha3 coma to stay." CAN NOT CHANGE RATES ARCANUM COUNCIL HAS NO RIGHT, SAYS COURT. Controversy Threatening; Life of Order la Unded by Deelnloa of Supreme Jtmtlce Gaynor. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. (Special.) Justice Gaynor In the Brooklyn Su preme Court handed down a decision today that will probably put an end to the controversies that havo threatened ihe disorganization of the Royal Ar canum for many months. He held that the supreme council of the Royal Ar canum has no right to increase the as sessments or change the rates under which its members arc admitted to the benefits of the order. Though his deci sion Is vastly important and affects hundreds of thousands of members of the Royal Arcanum, It 13 very brief. Justice Gaynor's decision reads: "The acts complained of, which In crease the assessments, are void, for the reason that they change the contract of tne members with the organization. I if I add.nothing to what I have said in the case of Lang-am vs. the American Legion of Honor on the same head." ROME. N. Y. Dec 23. When told of the decision of Justice Gaynor. of Brooklyn, in the case of Mock vs. the Supreme Council of the Royal Ar:a num. Supreme Regent Howard C- Wig gins, of this city, said that an appeul would be taken as soon as possible. HAMILTON SENDS ACCOUNT Full Particulars or Lobbying Ex penses of New York Iiife. NEW YORK. Dec. 23. John C. Mc Call. secretary of the New York Life Insurance Company and son of Presi dent McCall, returned from Europe to day on the steamer Lorraine. Mr. Mc Call went to Paris to seo Andrew Ham ilton, to whom the New York Life In surance Company advanced hundreds of thousands of dollars. Mr. McCall's mission was either to Induce Mr. Ham ilton to return to the United States and testify before the legislative Insurance investigating committee or secure an accounting of the money advanced, this accounting to be given to the com mittee. Mr. Hamilton sent a statement by Mr. McCall, his health being such that his physician ordered him not to return at present. Concerning his mission, Mr. McCall said: "I have a report from Judgp Hamil ton giving a detailed and explicit statement of bis matters and of the work performed by him while In charge of the legislative and legal bu reau of the New York Life Insurance Company In the United States and Can ada during the past 10 years. I can not give details of the report until the document Is first presented to the spe cial committee of the board of trustees, recently appointed. With "the consent of the special committee, I shall sub sequently present Judge Hamilton's statement to the insurance Investigat ing committee. I can give no other or further particulars of Judge Hamil ton's very voluminous statement, for the reasons stated." Itcfuscs Vandlvcr's Bequest. NEW YORK, Dec 20. It was an nounced today that the request o.f Su perintendent of Insurance W. S- Vandl ver, of Missouri, that the New York Life Insurance Company furnish him a list of the company's policy-holders re siding In Missouri has been denied. The request was sent to President Mc Call. of the New York Life, who made the denial. Superintendent Vandlver asked for the list at the request of a convention of policy-holders which was hold In St. Louis. Mr. Vandiver said the names were to be used In carrying out the theory of a purely mutual or ganization. CUPID PLAYS MORE PRANKS 31Iss Crlttcn and Kentucky Congress man Announce Engagement. NEW YORK. Dec. 23.SpecIaI.) Not alone in fixing the destinies of Alice Roosevelt and Congressman Nicholas Longworth did little Dan Cupid prove himself a really more Im portant personago than Uncle Sum himself on the political Junketing trip of Secretary Taft to the Philippinea last bummer. The god of love also settled the fate of two other hearts In the Taft party. It was announced today that pretty Miss MIgnon Crltten. MIs Roosevelt's' girl chum, has been betrothed to Con gressman Joseph Swager Sheriey, of Kentucky, tne warm friend of Mr. Longworth. anil his roommate on the voyage which saw each made hanov because cf winning the girl of his chc-ica ROOSEVELT AS NEW-YORK BOSS Meaning of Fight on Odell Machine. Will ORGANIZE FOR VICTORY Aim to Carry State for Presi dent and Congress. MAY DICTATE SENATORS Leaders In Empire State Foresee Boosevclt.ns Gandidatc In 1912 With Whole Machine Un der Ills Control. WASHINGTON. Dec 23. (Special.) What has been conjecture as to the fu ture status of President Roosevelt In tho party management of New York State has now become profound conviction among the Empire State leaders now here. That he is to become the militant head of his party In that commonwealth Is now held by them to be without ques tion. As a man prominent In the party councils of the state said today: "The President I? studiously avoiding the. nominal relation, but he cannot get away from the actual realities of tha case. There was no man In all New York State powerful enough to crush Odell but Roosevelt, and It was 'up to him to do It. "Starting 4rj to clean the Augean stables and to smash Odclllsm. it was evident that the President would have to assume the leadership dc facto, it not nominally." Will Soon Control State. The Empire State Republicans size up the situation thus: If the present favorable prospects for the election of Wadsworth as Speaker of the Aspambly .materialize, the Presi dent will havo loyal supRQrjcra.ittcontrol of every essential political branch ln the State except the State Central Commit tee, and that Is bound to follow. He will have, first, the county committee of New York, which will give him Manhattan and cause Brooklyn to fall Into line; sec ond, the warm support of the State Exec utive through Governor Hlggitts, with all that It means In the way of political In fluence; third, the co-operatlon of a friend In the Speaker's chair In the As sembly with all that his position brings. These benefits are Immediate and will , have Important bearing ,upon the next state convention, which will reorganize the state committee and choose a chair man In place of Odell. Work for Victory Next Year. This authority has it that Roosevelt will go after Odcll's scalp with all the vigor of his nature. Conceding that the President will soon be in possession of this paramount influence In New York Republican politics, the politicians are asking: What will he do with It? The answer of his friends Is that he will use It for the upbuilding of his party in his state and the strengthening of the Re publican prospects for a victory in the Gubernatorial and Congressional elections next Fall. Can Name Two Senntors. It Is not overlooked, however, that there will be some valuable personal compensations. If he chose to exert It. he would undoubtedly have the power to swing the New York delegation to the next National convention, assuming that he was bound up In the Presidential as pirations of a friend. He will be in a position to name the successors of Sena tors Piatt and Depew and this privilege may be valuable to him at the closo of his Presidential term. Tho opinion is fre quently expressed that Mr. Roosevelt will keep In the public eye, for, while im plicit reliance must be placed In his dec laration that he would refuse a third term, there Is nothing to prevent him from "'laying off" four years and then coming up for nomination. WADSWORTH SECOND CHOICE New York Countj- Proposes Agnew If lie Will Bun. NEW YORK. Dec 23. While formally adopting a resolution in support of As semblyman James W. Wadsworth, Jr., for Speaker of the Assembly, the Repub lican members from New York County, at a conference of the Assemblymen elected on the Republican and Municipal Ownership tickets, tonight brought for ward tentatively a candidate from New York County in the person of George B. Agnew from the Twenty-seventh Assem bly District. . Mr. Agnew was nominated by Assemblyman Stanley, who declared that, as New York County's candidate, ha would go Into the Republican caucus at Albany with 40 votes pledged. Mr. Agnew would not consent tonight to stand as a candidate, withholding his decision until he could consult with his friends and U"st the sentiment among the Republicans of New York County. Mr. Agnew himself intruduced the resolution indorsing Mr. Wadsworth. Several oth ers who voted for the resolution did so with the reservation that, if Mr. Agnew would stand as a candidate, their sup port would be thrown to him. Three of those present refused to vote at all on the resolution, desiring not to express any preference between Messrs. Wads worth and Merritt. but contending that New York County should have a can didate. Eleven of the 16 Republican and Muni cipal Ownership Assemblymen were pres ent. At the conclusion of the conference (Concluded en 3.) -d&fet J4ksv; ,-& lit-i a