v::i: :. : w The weather Occ.Ionil rn-.1; south to .wc-r-t wiBf!a. : VOL. VII. NO. C3. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY, HORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1310. price five c:::;i:.. r1 f r BilPHBlHO wwsss Leader of Insurgents 'With Senator Borah '.Closeted . With Mr, Taft in First Con ference 1 : 'V CHAMP CLARK PAYS RESPECTS TQ EXECUTIVE Elihu Root Named to Succeed Justice Fuller at Hague Tribunal. (Br the International Ifevra Sprrlee.) v k Washington, , Dec. I. Senator Cum mins, th Iowa progressive leader, was closeted with President Taft this after noon. After the conference had run. for time Senator Berah, of Idaho, was summoned and entered Into the disco Ion with the president.:- This ia the first conference had by the presldetft with the progressive leaders sine the elections. It Is believed that the president Went over the legislative Situation and dls- . cussed possibilities ! and ' probabilities for: a legislative program' embracing a number of reforms that he desires, Other senators of the regular school are believed at this hour to be taking ( part in the conference at which Cum mins and Borah are the stars. Champ Clark, probable next speaker of the house, paid his respects to the president today. - Mr, Clark walked to and from the 'White House, When, he- was reminded that as the nexr-spcaker he would ride to' the White House and elsewhere in the 'speaker's automobile. he said Ttot me. Ha added that the ex jpenditures of the government will be cut so far as an automobile is con cerned, Thn speaker's automobile' cost " $6000 and Its maintenance cost about $3000, a year, including1 a chauffeur. Vice President Sherman, -who also has an automobile purchased and, main V tained from - the - funds of the , senate, called on Hhe president "Their "Erect ing was cordial. When the vice presi dent heard of the remarks of Champ Clark, he said he would begin training - now for walking in the future. Official announcement came from the - White House today of President Taft's intention to appoint F. W. Lehmann of . St Louis as solicitor-general of the de partment of Justice to snceeed the late Lloyd w. Bowers. Senator Elihu ; Root' has been named - by the president- as the representative of this country at The Hague tribunal. succeeding the late Chief Justice Puller. Shortly after- noon v today ; Senators Cummins, Borah and Bristow were each .' called on the telephone from the White House and asked to confer with Presi dent Taft at 6" o'clock, "with regard ' to the message to congress." Cummins and Borah both responded, bat Bristow ...'did not appear. ....'.' '"':'- The Iowa soloa was ! closeted with the presides for nearly two hours, , He emerged smiling,". but belligerent' f J "I have nothing to say regarding ray talk with the; president' ; he declared, ,'You will be . up here .quite often, won't your he was asked. , "t wouldn't advise you to predict that too much," was the reply. .. And. the senator shouldered his way out of the door. ' '-.-. i , Senator Borah was with the presi dent only a short time. He said the (Continued on Page Ten.) Ida M. Tarbell Assails Protec tive System as;Creatoh:and Preserver of Monopoly; Says " It's "Relief or Revolution. (By the laternatiooal Nrw Serrlce.) New York, Dea"1 8,-"We are paying twice as much for cotton' thread in this country to an established English trust ' here as the same trust gets for the same thread in London. ' -. - t ' ''We are paying nearly twlc as much for tin. pans and tin plates Because the manufacturers of the plates have gone Since the steel trust, destroyed all , do mestic competition." " : ? With these words Ida M. Tarbell, Who made herself famous by her exposure 1 of the Standard Oil and other trusts, ad dressed more than 1S00 members aifd supporter of the League for Political Education at the Hudson theatre thU afternoon with a renewed attack upon V, the "cost of 'living and the protective lanii. ,i "We are facing a very scrioutf situa tion In this couijtry," she" said, "on ao count of the Increase la the' cost of liv ing without a corresponding Increase In the wages of the poor man. ; " , "The country is Increasing very, fast in wealth, but the roor people find it very hard to get along. This is oon-trary-tewdemocratiff -pTifltplcs."Tf" we want to avoid revolution we must find out the causes. ;": vy;:. tr-, r--.y:::: "On of the principal causes is that all our great American industries are being' run in such a way that thny are making a few men richer, while the necessaries of life become dearer." . SiirasE ' OF POOR PEOPLE cooxshbw WEREfHEPAREDBY- IIBVSPAPER f,1 EI Such Is Statement of Man Who Aided in JExpose --Says .Writers Were Lacking in N Scientific Knowledge. SH0ULLVHAVE GIVEN , GUIDES MORE MONEY Press Agent Used Poor.' Judg mentSays Cook Is Plen ty Sane, Enough.. (Rpedal Dtnnatck t The JonruL) ' Everett Waslu, pec 3. "Dr. Fred erick A. Cook had 1 magi nation enough to plan his stupendous fake concerning the discovery of the North Pole, but lacked the nerve to brave the criticism of the American people. His recent statement is what might bo expected from an unscrupulous adventurer. When Cook's McKlnley fake was, exposed by Guides Barrill and Print of- Missoula, Mont, he-surrounded himself with a motley crowd of advisers, some of whom were not any too scrupulous. Instead of standing pat the explorer sought, by use of money to bolster up his 1 cause, but his workers-bungledV detectives in the employ of the Peary advocates were watchful and the crookedness of the affair became apparent to even the most faithful of the adherents of the Brook lyn Jmposter.:''.J'-:-':"-:!:v ':!i" :"'v,,r ''(? This was the statement tonight of g. P. Donatio a newspaper man who was In Missoula,' Mopt, when Cook paid his. ramous visit to tnat city m an effort to discredit his guides, and met his Water loo, Mr. Donahoe took -an active part in the work, of unmasking Cook. . .. V.. Spent Much Money. "Cook spent thousands of dollars In an efofrt to color 1 the news, secure favorable ; affidavits ' In regard to his McKlnley trip, in the payment of law yers' fees and as retainers for "boosters in his game,"! Mr.; Donahoe continued. "The visit of the explorer to Western Montana sresulted In a small scandal similar to those which follow a sena torial election in the treasure' state. It was simply a question of who was fixed and in aome cases It was found neces sary to supply the cash more than once. "When Barrill and Prints made their statements denouncing : the explorer in (Continued on Page Two. Republicans to Handle Routine, - Democrats to- Wait Until Next Year, and Insurgents in .'Minority. - :"? " (United PnssIasea Viln. : ' : .: ' :, Washington, Deo. 3. Statement to night from leaders, of various oar ties and factions on hand for the openlny short Besslou will do little else than pass the regular appropriation billa Th regular Republicans declare:- "Well, we wui gat xne rouidne out or the way. The' routine being -the numerous appro priation .bills. - ,-; ,:.- v :,: - -:- The Democrats say: ."Well, Ws ee what the Republicans will 'do. ! Out torn comes next year."; :. i . : The .Insurgents say: rwi are here to fight for progressive legislation, U we can. get the chance.. x. I: " ' '. BUls to Cleaa 'xrp. -; "' The 'big thing staring 'the legMaton In the face is cleaning tro the blr ap propriation bills, of which there are it President Taft has been calling-on the department heads for economy and he is, expected to continue . the procefts with, the legislators. . Until these bills aro cleaned up it is pretty certain that nothing in the way of general legisla tion will be attempted. . ' , Uncle Joe Cannon, on hand for his final fling at the speakership, is not bothering his head about what Is likely to happen in the way of general' elec tion. trade Joe Boesnt Know. , ' "We will be busy for soma time on the appropriation bills" said Uncle Joe tonight "Beyond that we cannot - say Just yet. A good deal will depend on resident , Taft's message.". ' ; ; Champ Clark, the Democratic leader, is not busying himself with the pros pects for general legislation. He and his colleagues of the minority do not contemplate much excitement 1 " "We are sUU the minority," said Champ Clark tonight "and we will be uhtil March I. I do not see much Jn sight right now. The waiting attitude of the regulars and the -Democrats la reflected in the Insurgents.. I - , ,. , "Wa wUl have to wait and see," said George W. Norris of Nebraska, a lead er of f the hbuse Insurgents, tonight "Wa are preparing .tft continu-jpu Usui lor progressiva legislation, but just when yte will be able to do if re mains "to b seen." . ith. this .spirit among the legisla tors, there seems little encouragement of the extensive legislative , program that President Taft has outlined in his Bppei:hs during tho summer. nn iB DEEDS TO " aiDKl III AT COST OF A LIFE Mining Engineer Comes to En rich Holt Family by Turning Over Papers of Valuable Gold Property. PROF. HOLT, FATHER,,DIED AFTER DISCOVERING CLAIM His Diary, Also Brought Here, Tells. of Terrible Hard . ships He Endured. :-V f .; Professor Ctiarlc P. Holt. - P. E. Fuller, a mining engineer from Remedies, Colombia, S who Is at the Hotel Portland, ' belleres . that romance isn't dead. His. ballet M shared by Byron Holt' of East Clay street and With of fices in the Hamilton building. Fuller, fresh from South - America, has brought to Portland deeds to property In Colom bia that ha says will make ilolt a mil lionaire, and .with them : a tale of ad venture in the Andes that rivals In In terest any of thoTf ablea of the Incas, f Besides - the papers to the South American property Mr. Fuller has with him halt a down glass bottles similar to those one uses to hold homeopathic pills, but Instead of pills they are filled with 'red gold, panned from, the Rio Mata, in Colombia, andV-what Bryan Holt prizes, even more the diary.'cam- era-aiM photographio, plates of Profes sor Charles 4 Holt" the fathef Of the Portland man, who died In the. Interior of Colombia last July just as he was (Continued on rage' Eleven.) Naval ConstructorBaxter Ad mits Faulty WorH Jhrovyn Out tlade by - Bethlehem Steel Works. . , ' (By tb Internatlontl Rw Service.) 1 ( New York. : Dec. . 8.-It became known today that the government had discovered and rejected a number of de fective armor -plates supplied for the new ,Dreadnaught Florida, the . largest war vessel in the world and the pride of the United States navy. , An official investigation is In prog ress, but details probably . will not be revealed until the report of Captain W. J.-Baxter,' naval constructor at the Brooklyn ,cavy yard, is received Dy- the department A board . of inquiry may take up the matter. , ' f V Officials of the Bethlehem Steel com pany refused to discuss the report to day, although the plates were supplied by hat 'eoiKwrn-.'" ' """"" 1 'V1"' "The report1' is correct so far' as ft' goes," said Naval Constructor Baxter tms ariernoon. -jjeroctive plates were found, but I am not at liberty to answer any questions abeut the details. Any statement, official or otherwise, must be made at the department at Wash ington." ; S. P. GO TD CU1LD OilCII LlilE TO Many Surveys Being Made "in Northern .California and Oregon Keep .Eye on Hill ' Work South. . - LINE FROM NEVADA . ' POINT TO PORTLAND S. P. to Gridiron Northern Cali fornia Counties Other ; . Surveys Made. ; " (By the Interaitianal Newa Serrlc.! ' San -Francisco, ; Dec.; 8. Notwith standing the approach of winter, . the Southern. Pacific company continued to show activity in making surveys for new lines to various parts of the states of Oregon and California, i The (Offi cials are closely watching the Surveying work Of . James J. Hill : south , through central Oregon to Klamath .Falls and the northern California line, i - v : i. . As near as oan be" ascertained,'" the Southern Pacific people believe that the Hill surveyors' will enter : California next year; and run a Una down to a connection with the Western Pac'flo at some point in Plumas county. 'vxij'Xeep Watoh on .Hilt-t-- xne soutnern racinc officials are also closely watching the 1 surveying work going on between Butte, Mont, and Boise. Idaho, and from the latter place southwesterly ; toward northwest Nevada and northeastern California. A great deal of money is Deing spent on these surveys, but I the ; Soutliorn Pa cific people are not clear as to whether Hill is behind this -work, or the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St Paul people, In view of all these railroad .surveys headed for the northeastern parti of California, tha Southern Pacific is get ting ready to gridiron that region with branch lines. .This is , why it Sa so active with-survey work there, This is also why it is rapidly completfng final surveys lor five or six branch line in .the sweep of country frotn Butte coun ty northeasterly into Modocv county. v . rrom Kavftda to Portland, . " Part Of the general scheme of the Southern Pacific is to haveju lino from a point on the Central -PaciOc In Ne vada northwest to Klamath Falls, Or., where it will connect with the new cut off the company Is building for its San Francisco-Portland trunk Una This cutoff , Is completed from , WeedJ this state, to Klamath Falls, and will soon be: finished from the latter point to Natron. By this means the' company will have a safer line between this city and the Oregon metropolis because, of low grades and less curves, -v, - Xaj . .Out vsw , Una' ' On the Tehachapi mountains the com pany has Just placed a large surveying corps at work to lay out a route for a second line between Bakers field and Mojave, with low grades. It will util ise the Tehachapi pass, the same as the existing line does. This low" grade line is tv bo used by the southbound tralna -Northbound trains will use' the present line, because It is all down grade in that direction. - Both the Southern, Pacific and Santa Fe are using the Tehachapi road, m - ' T Detroit Defeats Philadelphia at Havana and 9000 Cuban. . ' Fans Applaud; . . ' " (United Press teased Wire.) Havana, Dec 3. uetroit defeated the Philadelphia worlds champions hero to day in the first game between these two clubs, , It was the first exhibition game of baseball ever seen in Cuba and 9000 .people turned ' out to attest their enthusiasm for the sport Mayor Car denas , threw: the , first ' ball. A Willetta and Casey . were the batteries for De troit, and Plank , and lApp foiv Phila delphia.' Billy 'Evans umpired. Detroit .will end her Cuban invasion on. .Monday and Philadelphia will begin a tour of the 'Island on Thursday, , ; PORTLAND COUPLE , V ARE WED AT HOTEL ' j T0URAINE, BOSTON ' (Br the Internatloiitl Nwi 8r( ) '' . . Boston, Dec t Miss Nina II. ,:.Gnthrie and Moyd. S. Weaver, ' both, of Portland, Or, wore mar-. i ried at the Hotel Touraine Uiis . evening by 'Dr. James Alexander e of the First Presbyterian church. 4 Miss Vona Gdthne, a sister of v, the bride, was the bridesmaid, and Chester N. Weaver of San Francisco,? brother of the bride- groom, was, the best man. Miss s J: Vona Quthrio is attending school ? In Boston. ? ' Mr. and M rs. I B. Weaver of 4i LaPorte, ind.. Mr. and Mrs. Chei- " 4 ter- Jf-.-Wrsve rnf S art' Ftatiol.fcoT" ' and Mr, and Mrs. Clement Stude- : baker, Jn, of Soutn ZSend, Ind., were , In attendance. 1 After a 0 month's travel in the east, Mr. and Mrs. Weaver wil return to Portland. ' '' " ' 1 :" ' PROTECT INTERESTS EE GAME OFfiASEBALL SAYS COUNTRY IS NOT . , READY TO GO TO WAR General Leonard Wood, the chief of staff, whose annual report on the needs of the military establishment has just been completed, Ha de- A clared that the army of the United States was woefully unprepared - ' forwax with a first class power. This was due principally to two , ' causeo : The lackof any sufficient preparation for mobile, army and the failure of tfie war department to "assemble ' an adequate rev ' , - -eerre of war material. He adrocatea a reserve amy of 800,000 men. . The cruel Of Btaif aoes not dwell at lengtrt ou au uie lacis. which have 1 tft his conclusion.: but he lias submitted reports to Uxe secretary of war and is prepared to po before a committee of cong'ress and urge that the, present conditions be remedied. ' ' WHOLE JUDICIAL SHE-M BEJI1BED AT IJIOE UIIDER fflEIIDIill Oregon's Judicial "system Is : "wide open," ' to use a term that is gen erally understood to mean that the lid is off.- In other-rords, there is. nara- ly anything -that, thelegislature or . the people can not now do to, the, juaictai department of the state government Constitutional provisions ',that4 nave bound the election of courts and 'court officials ' since : the beginning or the state ' have , been swept away; by the constitutional amendment to Article VII of the constitution, . , . ' " The ,- limit; has been taken ' off '? the number of Justices of the supreme court The section of the constitution provid ing for the -election of district attor neys has been swept away entirely. Clerks of the circuit courts may be ap pointed in addition to count clerks,. If Not Enough Water at Cavite Olongapo Not Certainly Im pregnable," and. Will Be v Made Repair Station. (By the International Newi Swvlce.) -Washington, Dcc. S. Naval Construc tor Washington L, Capps has started for the Philippines to, consider plans for the establishment of American fortifications in the Pacific..' He will make a careful examination of the navy yard at Cav.ite, In Manila harbor, and the naval station at Olongapoon Subig bay. Tart of the general scheme of naval development in the raclflo is to create an American Gibraltar at Pearl Uarbor, Hawaii, which involves the abandonment of the lldca of establishing a powerful 1 naval base; In .the .Phlllpprnes, and thecon vertlng of the station at Olongapo into a mere' repair depot ' 'There Is hot -water enough at Cavite to enable heavy warships to approach there, Jt js ;'saIdl;aidw.iLlaJ.dQUbiful.Jt uiuUKapo (,'tiu db renaeroa impregnaDie. In view of : the necessity of making more or less . repairs to, the American fleet which must bo maintained in the orient some suitable "-''plant must be malntaljied at a point nearer to Asia than Hawaii. , Hence the necessity for placing the naval station at Olongapo CAM. em lip in condition- to- do the -work." :-yy y 1 ' 'M- SYSTEMOF the legislature so decides. An addi tional -, appellate -department of: the circuit court may be provided for. The whole judicial system of the state may be altered at the will of the legislature or of the people.- Kay Add justices. .: ; A. R Clark, one of the leading law yers- of the Multnomah bar, has paid close attention to : the amendment and yesterday 'afternoon he told of some of the things that he had discovered as a result -of his study. - Under the old constitution, m Arti cle VII, it4 was provided that, the Ju-1 diclal power , of ? the state- should J be vested in a supreme court, .circuit courts and county courts. It was! also, provided that the. number or supreme justices should be limited; to five. , ' The amendment adopted at , the -recent election provide that the Judic ial powerof, the state shall.be vested "in one aunreme court ' and.' in such other courts as may from tj me to time b created by law." ? Tne section relat ing to the number of Justices, Is abro galed. " . Accordingly, It, IS now possible for the, legislators or the people of the state to add new Justices to the supreme court at any session of th legislature or , at .any- general . election., It is also possible to create an '"appellate dtvts ion" of the circuit court, or to create an entirely new appellate court, at any session , of the legislature or ..at any general election.' , , ' tawysrs Criticise System. ' '. In other words, it is now possible, under "the- new. amendment to the con stitution, for the legislature or ,the peo ple to remodel the judicial department of the state after the plan of the fed eral courts, where ' there is a circuit court a circuit court of ; appeals com posed of. designated Justices of the cir cuit courts, and a supreme court. , New, York has this plan, and Califor nia and a number of other states, but tnls system meets , with the criticism of many leading lawyers. These contend that: the designation ojc , circuit : court judges to sit as Justices in the court of appeals or the appellate division of the circuit court does not produce the best . results. They argue that for a short time certain members of the cir cuit bench - sit as appellate Judges and pass upon the actions oi their colleagues on the circuit bench. - x . ravor Sew Court : In turn, the other circuit court judges are designated for, service in the ap pellate: division and this tends to cause thfr appellate division to look with too kindly- eyes upon the appeals coming up to. them for consideration . where an unfriendly decision woula mean the re- jrersal. of. a-.circuitjudga. Another-plan, and this is favored by Mr, Clark, - would be the creation by law of ; an entirely new court, tobe known as the appellate court to con sist of three judges eiected ior ser vice on the- appellate court beni-n alone. The Jurisdiction" of this court could be limited by-law to a crtaln class of (Continued on Pug" Ten.) DEiioc;; lilGeTGSIll ,. ALL BUT CERTAIH ''v'::v'V'v:Vin:''.? .;':-.-;:: Results of Election to Date Dis appoint Liberals, Whose Hope Was in a Majority to Force the King to Act. PRESENT ELECTION WILL CARRY PAST CORONATION Then Another Appeal to Coun tryUsual Wild Rioting at 1 -the Polling Places. , . (UoltM Pren lawd Wlre.l ' London, Dec 3. England , tonight faces a legislative deadlock. -Today's parliamentary - election fn ten liondon and 64 provincial constituencies, em bracing : 69 .members, were disappoint ingly, indecisive. It Is practically certain that the gov ernment party, made up of the Liberals and their, allies, will - retain their ma jority, but that It will be so small as to make an effective working combination-next to impossiblo, thereby iresult jng in "itjjyv expected deadlock. A com promise will probably be effected, to last through the- coronation of King George, and immediately thereafter an other general election seems inevitable. Every effort will be made to etTect this compromise in order to avoid trade disruption during the coronation period. Conservatives' Het Gain Ten. Counting 'the 65 unopposed- returns made yesterday . and today and prac tically complete returns from the 69 constituencies today, the result Is: Con servatives, 62; Liberals, 49; Laboritea, 7 Irish Nationalists, 6. t a - This is a. total gain of 10 for the Conservatives and for the Liberals of three, making a nSt Conservative gain of seven. ' seats. r-- f '-" If this ratio Is continued throughout the rest of the election the coalition of Liberals; ; Laborltes and Irish will re tain their' majority, but by a margin Insufficient to, cause King: George to transform the house of lords into a Liberal body by the creation of enough Liberal peers to change it complexion. What the results will be should the king refuse Premier Asquith's demand for the swamping of the house of lords with Liberal peers is problematical, but the consensus of opinion tonight is that the government party will hardly dare to carry out Its threat of plunging the country Into another general election. Owing to the fact that in the total above named there are 66 uncontested and unchanged , returns, - today's count furnishes an unsatisfactory standard for basing conclusions as to the final report. . -; '.;-,; ' .;: liberals Vastly Disappointed. 'S There is no denying the fact that the Liberals are disappointed . over their failure to increase their representation in today's voting. They were hopeful of a victory of sufficient size to force" the king - to accede to their demands regarding a change In the lord a Should they retain control of the government even by a scant margin, they will Insist that the king, keep his -tentative prom ise. It is a foregone; conclusion, "now over;, that unless - the Liberals make more sweeping gains in the future bal loting King George will decide that the Conservative strength is an indication that the country would not welcome th (Continued on Page Two.) "Dreadnaught" Jdea: tD: Be ; Further Developed if "Pro gressive" Wing of Navy Has Its Way; Many Advantages. Lit oil ; llEWBJITTLESIIK ' , (By the International Nrw 8ttW. . . Washington, Dec. 8.- The JT,000-ton battleships, bids for which are now un der consideration by the navy depart ment ' may be equipped with 16-inch guns It the "progressive" wing of the navy has its way. 1 Plans have been proposed for mounting at least "hlx, and possibly eight of these huge .'weapons on the new ships, one in a turret. , ' The naval designers now have adopted the theory that the bigger - the gun the better are the battleships. The largest now in use are the 12-lnoh h!f;ii power rifles. The "Dreadnaughts un der construction are to be armod wlif 14-inch guns, the largest yet dewlgtu -1 for. naval use. Th U-lnch guns undpr " dlK(tiiM("n will ' fire a projectile of 2500 poin-l . There Is now only one gun of tl.m i. - i in the United States.'-' It In mount 1 on the fortifications at Sandy HoMs, The armament chcin of th ''; - tTf'flSfVCS,7l8t!tS"l1.'Vf:!1 J-I.H l.f i. l "Dresdnaught" Idea which ln nn : the discarding of tha 'sauillt-r' i ,- t the secondary battery snd I m i -,!' In the devolopment f th J t St, n j . It : ir heHev.'il t! nt ! ' ;t :, ; . the IS-lne.h p'.ir.s n ,l r, . tlwhtp tt the .r-H.-i,t t-,. , f mert wl'.hi'tt :y- 'i it IV..-4 Of it.1 Bllllil- P gM'l. ,