1 ."SvJ PA(iCS 13 TO 24: PART TWO PORTIAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1905. NO 52, VOL. XXIV. -p4flBpk 'j T' -Tj. - ' 5iLr: -$- r -f T-" v Our Great Sale Cipman, ttJolte eo. Our Great Sale Hp Lipman, Wolfe 6 Co. jll u9feflpBHRBB jv LjPk Blim3nn9LmVC?mVPumln7'9 BiMBimy v See full-page announcement in tomorrow's Oregonian. A wonderful collection of bargains for the first week of the year. ' Our great sale and White Carnival offers our entire stock of first-class up-to-date merchandise at reduced prices. Every Article ReducedinPrice Everything you need in personal wear, for home decoration or for table use, on sale at reduced prices, which means substantial savings. A perusal of the following list will suggest a want. Every article in the store can be purchased for less money now than at any other time of the year. Black and Colored Dress Goods Women's Tailor-Made Suits Women's Coats and Wraps Women's Muslin Underwear Men's Shirts and Neckwear Everything in Art Goods Handkerchiefs, Veils and Fans Towels and Toweling Sheets, Sheeting and Cases White and Colored Flannels Corsets of All Kinds Pictures and Calendars Notions of All Kinds Dress Trimmings Black and Colored Silks Women's Cravenette Raincoats Women's Silk ic5 Cotton Petticoats Women's and Children's Hosiery Men's and Boys' Sweaters Dress Findings and Linings Silk, Wool and Kid Gloves Doilies and Centers Percales and Ginghams Blankets and Comfortables Music of All Kinds Suitcases, Bags and Purses Stationery of All Kinds White Bedspreads Bohemian Glassware Men's and Women's Underwear Women's Dress tP Walking Skirts Women's and Children's Furs Men's Socks and Suspenders Women's and Child's Millinery Laces Ribbons and Neckwear Table Damasks and Napkins Umbrellas Outing Flannels Curtains and Draperies Books for Old and Young Jewelry and Cut Glass Cushions and Pillows Yarns and Worsteds All Embroideries "White Goods, Aprons Infants' Wear, Baskets Druggist Sundries Picture Framing Children's Cloaks and Dresses Dolls, Rubber Toys, Games Table Covers and Tapestries Eiderdowns , Every one of th t auticlt is on salt at greatly reduced price. SHOWS NO FRVDR TO UNO SWINDLER Washington Court Dismisses Benson's Demurrer. With Plain Words. SEEKS ESCAPE BY QUIBBLE Indictment oa Charge of Bribing Stands, Government Employe Being Baund to Keep Of- Xiclal Secrets. bills -prill kc instrumental in inducing the rivers -aixl barbers coeHBltei -nest. Winter to make generous provision lor urcgon -waterways.' AGREE TO OPEN SOUTH 1IALF Indians at Xast Willing to Sell Col- tIHc Reservation'. OREGONLVN NEW3 BUREAU." "Wash ington, Dec 30. Representative Janes was iiugrairo si vae laicnsr xwpsrusieni mux the Secretary had received official udvices that Inspector McLaujchlln himaJ &tv agreement with the Cblvilla Indians with reference to the opening o the south half of the reservation- AND FIND POLE Assignment Accepted by Wal ter Wellman and San-tos-Dumont. FIRST TRLVL NEXT JANUARY, Cruiser. Washington Will Be Among Swiftest In Xavy. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec 39. The armored cruiser "Washington will havo her first trial' trip off the New England coast some tima in January, "Under tho contract, sh2 Is cx- pectea to develop a speed or at least 72 knots, being- designed as one of the speed iest vessels In tho Navy. Wellman Says Gasoline .Motors Will Carry Ills Ship on Round Trip In 100'Hours Dally Wlrc " less. Bulletins. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash lncton, Dec 30. Parties to land frauds need expect no more consideration In the courts of the District of Columbia than has been accorded them In the Federal Court of Oregon, as evidenced by -the overruling today of the demurrer of John A. Bcnron to the Indictment charging him with bribery In connection with the Ore gon and California frauds. His demurrer was ono of those purely technical moves made with a view to escaping trial, but tho arguments of his attorney? were met br tho counter-arguments of Francis J. Hcncv wcdal assistant to tho Attorney General which were Instrumental In bringing forth today's action. Justice "Wright, of Criminal Court No. 1. who today overruled Benson s demurrer. some rather Dlaln language in slat Ing the position of the court and if thte same spirit Is manifest wncn .Benson, Hyde. DImond and the other parties to the San Francisco land-ring frauds are brought to trial they will be compelled to face the facts and not be allowed to slid out on technical grounds. Quibbles Swept Away. Benson, according to his Indictment, bribed U. D. Harlan, a clerk in the Gen eral Land Office, to furnish him Inside Information which would enable the Ben son-Hyde ring successfully to deal In timber lands and lieu lands In Southern Oregon and Northern California. In de murrlng. Benson -alleged that he paid the money to Harlan at a time when no re ports" of tocclnl agents -were on file in tne departments that Is, reports which Dore on his own Illegal transactions, irom ahlrh he areucs that Harlan was not under any obligation to the Government to Drescrve secrecy regarding matters which would eventually be covered" by those reports. ' -r The court, however, holds .thatf Har lan, being ah employe of the GovcrnnYthW was obliged to treat all official 1pf3-1 matlon as confidential and was notfxt- lib erty to furnish any Information whatever about the business of his office tp Ben son or any one else. The defense also contended that the In dictment contained no allegation of facts showing that It would be a violation of duty for Harlan or Valk (another clerk In the grasp of the ring) to reveal the contents of the report, but the. court holds that "It was the duty of Harlan not to allow the contents of such reports to be In any manner revealed to any persons charged with such violations." Rebuked for Jlalr-Splltllns. Speaking sharply of Benson's attempt to bandy words and split hairs, the court condemns efforts to evade the real Issue, and adds: "The indictment sets out at least that Ben&on was suspected of defrauding the United States of public landV: that a spe cial agent of the Government had been ordered to Investigate the matter and re port to the appropriate department for th ouroose of criminal prosecution. It was the official function of the chief of division of that department to consider the report when It was filed. " Now, upon this hypothesis of fact. It became xhe duty of that chief to keep reports secret from Benson. HERMANN WASHINGTON-BOUND Trial of Representative Will Begin Within Month In Capital. WASHINGTON. Dec 30. Rcpresent- ctlvc Blnger Hermann, of Oregon, -who is under Indictment in connection wun Oresron land frauds. Is expected to ar rive in "Washington late today or early tomorrow, xoid the interior .uepart ment officials are of the opinion that his trial will be begun within 30 days. The two- Government witnesses. Puter and HcKInley, also under In dletment. but promised immunity If thev would turn Government's evl dence. will be here for the trlaL It Is si-ten that these witnesses have not dls&nneared so far as the Government la concerned, but it Is admitted that thev "have evaded the authorities of Orec-on. wnere they are wanted for violation of state Jaws. The Interior Department has oeen advised that Representative Hermann will eek to avoid trial on the ground that he Is a member or congress and ot amenable for trial, during such ser vlee. hut the department nas no ooudi of Its ability to bring about a speedy trial. BILLS FOR OREGON HARBORS Faiton and Gearln Will Bring Their Claims Forward. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington. Dec 39. Senators i-Tinon ana narin have decided to Introduce bills. when Congrees convene?, authorizing ap propriations for all Important rivers and harbors of Oregon, shaping the amounts by the recommendations and estimates of the Army engineers. Tne ouis nave not vet been drawn, and the amount of the respective appropriations has not been de cide, but the was wiu pro viae lor e Improvement e-f Caes Bay. Tillamook har bor. Taquln Bay. Sasiaw River, tfce con tinuation e-f work on Tne XMiies-ceuie ca nal, the Upper Willamette and "Lower Wil lamette, and. the Cetaabia. below Fort land. The menth of the Columbia has al ready bee under consideration, and it will continue to receive first ceseidera- There is little pcespect that these vari ous MHs wHl receive favprabte ec-nrlder-atte uetit another river and barbae bill Is prepared. c by introducing then at iMs time tne Orecrni Saaators not only wilt attract attention to the rarteuH proj ects, t -rtalb prepare tne way ior ap-prap-lartwiSuWhen a seneral Mtt is framed. r if WUiT-rHt i" ahr ior 4t1- 1 imAt wrpprmUoaa, and reppcte Umpc. MI00 ON HIS DIGNITY OBJECTS TO M'CLEH.AN"'S SUMMARY ACTION. . . Mayer Should Have Made Open aad Manly Reqnet foe Reslgna- ties, He Say. NEW YORK, Dec 3X Police Commis sioner McAdoo tonight made public his letter to Mayor McCIellan. presenting his resignation, to take effect tomorrow. Mr. McAdoo -sta'tcs- that his resignation was requested by the Mayor, but says such a request would not have been necessary had the (Mayor's wishes been even" Inti mated to him. He declares the Mayor had no cause whatever for keeping him In studied Ignorance of his intentions, and concludes: 'The unusual circumstances under which I accepted this trust and our per sonal relations demanded that you should so state to me In that candid and honor able way which prevails among gentle men. In his letter. Mr. McAdoo quotes a let ter which he addressed to the Mayor in October last, calling his attention to a newspaper Interview attributed to the Mayor. In which certain police officials were criticized. Mr. McAdoo told tne Mayor that 'without the support of the City's head? he could not consent to re main In .the police department, in ti Mayor's reply to. this letter, dated Octo ber 3. he wrote to Mr. mcuoo: "I am Indeed sorry that my auction of. yesterday should have awakened In your mind even the sligntest. suspicion inai you and your administration did not have my fullest confidence." The "Mayor con cluded: . . 'Wlth undiminished -faith In you nnd vour administration and with assurances of my personal tes tee m, ' etc Alter gmng mis corresponucne. in mn. Jlr. -McAdoo concludes ms letter or resig paflpp as follows: If a vacancr was desired to be created. KAtlia have been consulted with; If we have differed as to a question or poller. It shouia have beea a manly and honest onr, from which we could have parted as friends; It It related to my personal conduct or that ot thoe under rne. I should at least nave oeen zlven a hearinr If you believed that my continuance in this offlce was an advantage to the public, you owed It to them and to me to sav so ana at least -Rive me ina opportunity of refuslnj; in this cDnnectlon. any further honors, or, even it. you were convinced to the contrary, the unusual cir cumstances under, .which 1 accepted this trust and our personal relations demanded that you should so state to me In '.hat can did and honoraole war wnicn prevaiw among gentlemen.' i BINGHAM AVILL ENFORCE. IAW i No Politic?, bat Only Good Govern ment Ills Policy. NEW YORK. Dec. 3X General Theo. dore A. Bingham, who soon win assume control of New Tork's Police uepartmenu today outlined the policy he purposes to follow. In his new position. I intend to Junlp into the job ana ao my level best." he said. "I Intend to try to get the confldcncc oi tne peopie ana keep It- I suppose there are plenty ot knockers, but I don t care. I am abso lutely Independent and will try to do good work. We need good government, ana that Is what I am going to try to give. General Bingham says that ne does not Intend to use the orace as a stepping stone to anything else. 'It Is a man: lob." he said, "and If a man is successful, It ought to be cnougn to Keep mm dusj- the rest of his life" Ho said that he was able to outline his policy only In this general way. because he was not familiar witn any ot tn ae- tails of the offlce He never had visited police headquartcrp and was not sure he could find it without a guide, it is nis intention to take things as they " come and. If reforms are needed, he says, they will be instituted. "It's the blrcest Job I ever was tip against." said tie new Commissioner. "It presents difficulties that are almost isu perhuman. The Police Department must be an executive department, and. wnen assume the office, I will a Imply try to carry out the law as it Is on the statute books. I have a reasonable hope of sue ceedlnjr. I am not going In with the pur pose of making any record;. I am simply going to do my duty as I see It. As yet I have no opinions about tne joo, out hope I have tho backbone. "There will always be a certain amount of vice In & community. But I am going to enforce the laws that regulate vice. and enforce them without regard to any body. I am absolutely independent, took the place to help my old friend Mac out. I know If I do good work It win help the McCIellan. administration, and I'm go ing to work as hard as I know how. "I have accepted the Mayor's offer; be cause I believe that honest municipal gov eminent is the axis upon which the wel fare of the whole country revolves. know George B. McCIellan alms to give New York the best municipal government In the world, and I want to Kelp him as an American citizen and his friend. "I have no polities and no military hob by to ride. Military rale J&velves muck common sexwe la the matter of discipline. In that It Is lust as valoabie and lost as desirable In the police department as la the "ftirectlon of employes by any great rail mad. "My study ot police history here has shown taat Its chief labors under one serl ews 41T Seal ty in. not having the power e resMval with lees reatrictlpa aad more In dependence tne courts than fe at pres-' eK the cae. Z My aim akaK be to Had men Jn or out side of tne department who understand :K. and in whom I can place Intt trusty I bare no ax to jrriod.Tio frienns. taf tfward. nn.rivnla Wnteente. na anemias tnepnufajb tln-p-jrraa efcTv -L pai -r 'tba it a snumn nij. wwmrnw tiwfr OR CHICAGO NEWSPAPER tablished at Spitsbergen and at Hammer test, Norway, .600 hundred' miles distant. Further than this, a wireless equipment will be carried In our airship, and. it will be our effort to send- frequent and, if pos sible, daily dispatches to the outside world throughout all the time the expe dition is in the- Arctic regions, even from. the Pole itself, should we be successful In reaching It." CHlCAGO. Dec CO. "Build an airship; go ITnd the North Pole and report oy Irclcss- telegraph and submarine cable the .progress of your efforts." This was the startling assignment given few days ago to "Walter Wellman-. Washington correspondent of the Chi cago Record-Herald, by Frank B. Noyes. cdltor-In-chlef of the paper, and tho com mission has been accepted by Mr. "Well man.. As an .assistant on .this daring ex pedition. Mr. Wellman will have the ser- Iccs of Santos-Dumont. of Paris, who ill have charge of the construction of the airship and will act as Aeronautic director and pilot of the ship on Its voy age toward the North Pole. The airship, the order for which has been given, will be built by Louis God dard. ot Paris, under the supervision of M. Santos-Dumont and will be completed by the end of next April. No definite" date hns as yet been decided upon when the explorers- wiU start, but it is under- tood overythtng will be In readiness to get away next July or early in August. After completion, the airship will have several trials In or about Paris, and in JUne all the paraphernalia for the jour ney will be assembled In Spltzbergen. where the explorers will await a favorable opportunity for the dash to the Pole. which, according to Mr. Wellman. should the expedition meet with a good run of luck, should be reached In less than a week. Studied Problems for Tears. In announcing his acceptance' tonight of the proposed expedition, Mr. Wellman said: 'If I did, npt believe that the chances of success were greater than those of failure, I should not accept the commis sion. , Mr. Noyes acted upon no sudden whlm"6r impulse when he" gave me the order -to try -to locate the much-sought North Pole, as he had' with him a report which 1 submitted to him as the outcome ot two visits to the inner Polar regions, pf years ot study. of tho problem of the Pole ot many months of special Investi gation of airship construction and naviga tion, the wind and climatic conditions U be encountered and all the multitudinous mechanical and meteorological factors In volved. In this Investigation scores of eminent experts and specialists were con sulted, voluminous technical reports were received and finally a complete, symmet rical and at least promising project was evolved by me as representing a seem Ingly practicable combination ot the lat est development of many of the arts for accomplishing the result in view. Tlicrc and Back In 100 Hours. "The problem of reaching the Pole by means of an airship does not require high speed, and, the present rate ot the art ot aerial navigation by gas-bubyed and mo tor-driven, ships Is ample for that pur pose. .From an easily reached base of operations In Northern Spltzbergen we have but 530 geographical miles to go to the Pole and a like distance for the re turn voyage. It we take the whole at 1300 miles. It means but 1C0 hours of mo toring at 12 miles an hour. Santos-Du mont has repeatedly made from 19 to 23 miles an hour with small airships equip ped with relatively small motors. 'The airship In which We purpose to attain the North Pole will be the largest practicable airship ever built. It will bo 1SS feet long and Its greatest diameter will be 49 feet. Its surface will measure 23,000 square feet and Its volume will be 226.000 cubic feet. Inflated with hydrogne. It will have a. total ascensional force of 15.300 pounds. Seven thousand pounds will be the weight of the ship, and its equipment complete. leaving 8000 pounds for cargo. The ship will be provided with three mo tors, with a combined energy of 70-horse-powcr. If the winds hinder no more than they help, and there are no delays, this ship can motor from North Spltzbergen to tho Pole In -ia hours. Can Stay In Airship a Month. The airship will have an endurance capacity In buoyancy sufficient to enable it-to remain 25 or 30 days in the air. It will carry 5500 pounds of gasoline, and its dlstanco capacity during calm weather will be 13 miles more than equal to the distance from Spltzbergen straight across the Pole and the. whole Arctic Ocean to Alaska. As our airship will be construct ed, "It will be able to make headway against two-thirds ot all the winds that blow, even though squarely adverse, and It Is part of our project to motor only with favorable winds and to anchor our sblp to tho Ice and 'He to' in all unfavor able winds of a velocity exceeding one- half the normal speed of our craft. The ship will be equipped for safe anchorage in- the highest, winds ever known In the Arctic regions. In fact, the ship will be subject to the- will and hand of the navi gator. Just like a steamship upon the ocean. "Besides the 6300 pounds ot fuel men tioned, tho ship will carry also five men a comfortable- car to live in (which is- also a boat In case. of need), food supplies for 75 days; sledges to draw them over the Ice. and. In fact, a completely organized and equipped sledging party ready at-any moment, should it te necessary to aban don the airship and take to the ice "If at the worst the ship-carries us only to the vicinity of the Pole, or only two- thirds of -the way to It, we have an al ternatlve method of travel by which we may reasonably hope to complete our task and make onr return to land in safety. Hold. Themselves to Earth. TELL TALES OF. HORROR Russian Refugees Relate Stories of Massacre and Blood. NEW YORK. Dec. 20: Stories of hor rors so revolting as to be almost beyond belief arc told" by many of the 1000 Rus sian refugees .who arrived hero Friday on tho Hamburg-American steamer GraC Waldersce. Although coming from wide ly separated parts ot'the Busslan empirct the stories of 11 of them were markedly similar. Torture an'd. death In their mosc revolting forms were witnessed. Children: were snatched from tholr mothers and. their llttlp bodies rent and torn. Moth ers and fathers were struck down in the midst ot their families. One little girl, R03 RoscnskI, a child ot 9 years, came over with her brother Isaao, about the same age. These two children are the remains ot a family of ten persons, the other eight having been killed by the Cossacks in Moscow. Hirsch Sledlitz, who was a storekeeper in KIcff, told of his flight from that city after n massacre ot Jews in the market square. He said: "At midday on a Friday, three weeks ago, a bugle- sounded two blocks distant. A second, third and fourth bugle an swered the first, and next came a clatter of hundreds of horses hoofs and the Cos sacks rode pell mell through the streets leading to the market place and tell upon the market men and the women and children. "I was In the market place at th,c time. I don't know how I escaped. The women wore on their breast3 tiny red rosettes, the emblem of the revolutionary party, and these were selected as targets for the lances held by the Cossacks. The lances seldom missed their mark. The women and children were kicked, shot down and trampled upon. Everywhere was blood. Dead children were used as clubs for women suspected by the Cos sacks as being the mothers ot those chil dren. Thousands of corpses were gath- red up after the carnage. "At no time will our airship be out of touch with the surface of the earth. rntde-rape. se-caHed, but m our case a snetfe. tapering Hne of steel, is to drag its Jawerend. oyer tne ice to keep the sblp at i a fairly stable- height, )f te fet, tb ailKtMe mosc mvorante. to wire ew teUgrsptay, and- maintain nnder ordt nary etn-Btwna tne vertical staptnty -i r'Wlr-iww telmjtnjjt aUo- JrtU be tm RESIDENT HAS GOOD REST Roosevelt Family Spends Flye Days in Blue Ridge Mountains. CHARLOTTE. Vt.. Dec. S0.-(SpeciaI.- President Roosevelt's outing with his wife and children at Pine Knob, the farm 17 miles from here, will comp to a close to morrow afternoon and the night will find. them back In the White House at Wash ington. Surgeon-General Rlxey, who went to Pine Knob on Thursday last, returned Washington tonight- Theodore. Jr.. and Miss Ethel returned yesterday, and there is only the President, Mrs. Roose- elt, Kermet and Arcnic. tne younger boys. Mr. Latta.the president's personal stenographer, and Secret. Service Operator Sloan, who went to the. Treslaent last nlctit with a lot of letters, returned today. Mr. Latta says that every one wa3 wclL and all were enjoying the Ave days ot rest and outdoor life immensely. Th3 President has taken a great delight in exercising his boys in the handling of their lines, and while there has Deen no organized hunting party for wild turkeys. which abound in the foothills ot the Blue Ridge Mountains, where the Roosevelt farm lies, he bas been tramping- the woods with them and has shown them how to brinf- down several wild turkeys and stop rabbit with a well-directed snot. Mrs. Roosevelt has enjdyed the quiet and rest she ha? had as much as" the President. She has walked In .the woods with the boys on several occasions, and then again has taken, rests in long drives. Both re turn to Washington to enter upon the hard social and official season that be gins In earnest Monday, when the Presi dent and his wife will hold open house and the former will shake the hands of at least 10,000 people. Tomorrow morning the President, his wife and two boys will attend service at Christ Church, the Episcopal house Of worship about a mile from the farm. NEW TRIO SCARES PAPA When Mamma Presents Triplets tho Proud Father Vanishes. CHICAGO. Dec. 30. (Special.) Seven teen pounds of babies, divided, as Caesar divided "all Gaul" Into three parts- formed the unique gift with which Mrs. Yctta "Vosbrand prepared to present her husband on Christmas, but that Individ ual did not wait around to receive his lovinsr wife's offering. Two sets of twins already called him "papa." and he promptly vanished. The first mltc- of humanity weighed 7 pounds, including its lungs. The second bore the scales down to the extent of five pounds and jo ounces. It, too, was equipped with a. full cet of vocal instruments. The tbfrd and last bundle when opened displayed a midget calliope of the weight of- four pounds and six ounces. All three, it was discovered, were girls. Mrs. Vosbrand, to whom Chicago owes Its salvation from falling under the stigma of being "trip- letless" for 1S06, has served her country well, according to the standard set by President Roosevelt. Counting- the .Christ mas eve triplets she now has eight chil dren living. Dollars Fill Three Cars. NEW YORK. Dec 30. (Special.) Tho sight ot 11 men with Winchester rifles and Colt revolvers standing beside three freight cars in the Lackawanna .freight depot at Hoboken. N. J., started Inquiries today which developed the fact that the cars were filled with over 60,000 pounds of Mexican silver dollars which the United States Express Company had shipped from.Xaredo, Tex. The silver will be reshipped, tomorrow to London. The three, cars and. their guard arrived in Hoboken yesterday. .Flye men were on the outside constantly patrolling, while six men were inside- One of the guards said the money was ultimately to go to Japan, where Mexican silver Is largely used. Will Teach Bricklaying. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. . (Special.). The mason contractors ot the Builders Exchange will open a bricklaying school Tuesday In a. warehouse with a class ot 50 pupils. The builders hope In this hm ner to combat union labor successfully' and end all labor troubles." The faculty will be composed of experienced briek layers. who will devote all their time-to- Instruction. - - Shipbuilding Plant Destroy. -,- BAY CITY, Mich., Dec . The enktrn plant ot tne American Shipbuilding Com pany In this city was. destroyed y Urn tpoight. entailing a- lees of over P3pWw. Th -nre started, .at 11. in the (prune; sHop.- am ckJv spread ' to other puiWnyE ' . 1