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i J Hhii ii iLiUilll Is one of the tlAr - a want a J. tVx ' surdy ;u:J UMi...:iy q"i L!y. Try oho in The ,J.un,..i. cost 'ox ci:xt a v. oiid .... ' ' ..; , - ! i . I i ' t f J L , - VCCTEHDAY WAS A ' - The weather Occasional rain to night and Thursday. Southerly Vinos. Aa VOL.' IX.' - NO. 37. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1910. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. v PRICE TWO CENTS. l,7-X? U " 5 k ; ' s; j A i L!U " H I M A '? . ' '. : ! : 3 0 i t , i .1 ... . I s 1 v n ! ! 0 ,a,a ajAa ha; 5 ; iUYS DiViSiDi! OF o. w. p. u;:e io COMPLETE CIIAIi! System Cacked by Standard ' Gil Interests Prcpcccs to ' Cuitd Terminal Station on East Side Near New Bridge. WILL i COMPETE WITH HILL IN .WILLAMETTE Mew Bridge, ; an Extension of Tracks,, Bore Through Hill Part of Plans. .. Sound riatt for Portland, Purchase of the Sprlngwater division of the O. W. P. linea. : V Construction of a line from the present terminus of the Tacoma & Eastern down the Toutle and north fork of the Lewis river to a point -opposite Falrvlew on the Clumbla, , ' A tunnel to pierce the hill be- v tween the Lewis river line and the Columbia. ' Abridge, ronnecting the Wash- 4 Ington line with the O. W. P.'B Falrvlew line. ' - Construction of a terminal Bta- 4 tlon on the east side, between the 4 eastern approach to the Madison bridge and Grand avenue. , An extension of the Caiadero ' line to Silverton and thence up the Willamette valley, where it will compete with Hill's Oregon Electric, having the advantage of a water grade all the diBtancw. 4 'j., ......... . . f ' Preliminaries for the purchase of the Sprlngwater division lines of the Oregon Water Power line by th Chicago, Mll waukee & Puget Sound have reached a point i,where official announcement of the transfer Is expected within the next 30 days.. '.;,..a;V.:;,'.-'''v''-.:''-;' Fred Morris, the Portland and New .-York, banker, who bfitlt the O. W. P. lines and later sold them to tha Port land Railway, Light & Power- Co, Is Bald to be engineering; the deal. Appar ently, every, effort Is being made by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co, to (Continued on Page Fonr.) 10 YOU TUB Kaiser Sees Where $5000,000 Can Be So Applied as to -Boost Big Game. (DuttH Vnm Leaned Wlrt.J Berlin, Dee, 7. The imperial supreme court today ordered the Imperial bank Of Berlin to pay to Abdul Hamid, de- ' posed 'sultan of Turkey, $6,000,000 de posited by the dethroned ruler several , years asro. It is believed that the Young Turks worked political wires to .procure the order of the court, so that when the money is returned to Abdul Hamid they may seize lt Prevldusly , tha bank refused to pay the money; on r the ground that Abdul - lamld ' was forced by the Tonng Turks to demand it V ;:;:v-,,,.-..:.V-:-!t..w,;-'V:v.:;' V -Vy Diplomats see In the new relations of Germany and Turkey, as. opposed to ; llussla and England in Persia the cause 1 for tho evident Increase of , Turkish in - fluenced in the kaiser's court. They be lieve that prior to : the recent 'Turko German entente the efforts y of the , ; Turks - to gain access to the . money ; would have been futile. : P: PASSENGER ' TRAHI Wffl .Four Coaches and Tender Leave Track; No One In jured, Though Shaken; ' Rpfdal Dlftp.tch to The JmiitinU Castlerock, Wasb., Dec. 7. Northern Pacific pnssenger train No. 308, hound , for Soattle from Portland, was wrecked , at Venness, a short distance south of r Winlock, about 10 o'clock this morning. Four cars and the tender lfft, the truck, but, firtiinatoUV..nono. of thera turned ' ( compiiilely over and for this : reason none if the pnsHengers . are seriously lftjuretl, though all were more ' or-less shflken up. . ' . . Tho .-wreck was 'caused by the mils ' Kpro.-iillnf? nnd a phone message Bays it Is a horrible mew , OLD ABDUL'S COlil fllll SffiW OF IIIE i- ' T ... '...'. V - ,' HElUllllLIGi , (TTnttvd Prw4 Lrated Wire.) '. "Washington, Dec. : 7 Absolutely exonerating Secretary R. A. .Bal Unger of the Interior departTOnt from tb.9 charges that resulted in a congressional lnvcetlgatlon, the majority report of the Balllnger-Pinchot lntestlgatloa committee, was presented to congress at noon today. ; The findings of the committee are summed up eb follows: - . 'That Secretary Balllnger Is not an enemy of nor is he hostile to a reasonable, judicious policy of conservation, and that no ground what ever has been shown Justifying the opinion that he Is an unfaithful and Inefficient public , officer." - ' The eummary of the committee, In part, follows: - '. . .. . "The evidence presented related main ly to the charges against Secretary Bal llnger and only Incidentally was the conduct of other officials questioned, Th 'charges are chiefly from two sources Louis R. , Glavls ' and Glfford Plnchot . They apparently1 , originated from strong animosity resulting from a supposed difference of ; policy re specting conservation. C . ' ; ' , "The accusers naturally had " this policy deeply ; at heart and evidently were disposed to take the most unfav orable view of the character and mo tives of anyone e-pposlng them. Thus they regarded Balllnger with suspicion and regarded his -most natural and most Innocent acts, occuring In the ordinary course of the administration of the department as furnishing evidence, of some sinister purpose. ' - "There Is no doubt bnt that. In the field covered. We listened for weeks to the petty squabbles and Jealousies of subordinates and the forest service even got. Information -of a secret character secured from Secretary Balllngefa pri vate stenographer." . ; - "On evidence , the accusers wholly failed to make. out a case. Neither was any fact proved, nor were all facts taken together able to exhibit Secre tary Ballinger as anything but ft com petentv honorable gentleman, honestly and faithfully performing the duties of his high office with an ey single to the public interest, . v : i "The charges against Ballinger In con nection with the Cunningham - claims were unjustified; the revoking of -the Indian cooperative agreement and th abandonmnt of , water users' coopera tive certificates was-Justified; Ballin gers criticism of the reclamation serv ice was deserved;. Balllnger was not an enemy of Judicious conservation." ' ' Referring speclflcajly to the Cnmilnr- nam claims the report says: "The entire known coal field ot Alas- PASADEEIA SOCIETY LEADERS ' sSb o' TV. (rnlteo Press Lsawd Wire.). ! Pasadena, Cal., Dec. 7. Persons in Pasadena who planned a ball at a local hotel for Admiral Yoshiro of the Jap anese training squadron and his ''staff today branded as absolutely false a re port that the ball was "called off" be cause prominent societv women of P- adena and Los Angeles refused to at tend and to dance . with the Janancse OffiCerS. .' ..:; ;. -U;... The dance Was scheduled to be given December 3, ' According to D. M. Lin-nard,- manager of the hotal wh)ch had been selected as the scene of the festivi ties, many of Pasadena's best known women had promised to attend. The invitations were recalled only upon the receipt of a note (authorised .by President, Komura of tha Japanese American association of Los Angeles, who had charge of the details of 'the admiral's visit, stating that ths admiral and his staff had accepted previously an Invitation to attend a reception in Los Angeles on that day. - .v It was further reported ' that' the Japanese officers issued invitations for a dance on board the flagship Asuma, December 5, in return for the proffered hospitality of the Pasadena people, and that their expected guests, without de clining the, invitations, failed to ap pear, '.' - These invitation according to Lln nard and other ; persons who received them, were not invitations to a dance. IRUnSClII REPORTS PR06RESS0I10RE601 1 IED United PreM Iitased Wire.) San Francisco, Doo. 7. Julius Krutt schnltt, vice president of the Southern Pacific and director of maintenance and operation of the Ilarrlman lines, is in San Francieco to Inspect the construc tion work in California and the Pacific northwest. Kruttschnitt today visited tha. -Dumbarton -eutoff on"throuthcrh I"aciflc. He will go over tfte Sacramento-Southern tomorrow, j , "The Southern Tacific and the Union Pacific have placed orders for 19B now locotnotlvps," said Kruitsohnltt. "These are mostly for tlio benefit of tho x trome , western burlners of the com E06IIIES 1 v - . . ; - i ."; ka la still In government ownership. Not an acre has been patented by any cor poration or person. ! Several - hundred claims have been located". Most of the locators did not proceed to entry and the claims therefore lapsed. .The Im portant exceptions are the Cunningham' claims, . which comprise one fifteenth of 1 per cent, of the known coal field. All coal land In Alaska was withdrawn from entry November 2, 1906." - The majority of the committee then states that it finds that the Interests of the American people are not threat ened or endangered by existing condi tions. It adds that if the Cunningham claims are fraudulent they should be cancelled, saying; ; , - . - . "The committee recommends that the government refuse to sell these lands. but, retaining ownership, grant -fair leases at fair royalties for limited periods, long enough and covering areas large enough to Justify necessary In vestments upon sound business ' prin ciples, thus " securing, the opening and operation of sufficient mines to meet the necessities . of Alaskan consumption.- A.- ::c 'A The committee finds no-Indication of bad faith on the part , of Balllnger, of H.- IL- Sch warts, chief of the field ser vice, or in the reports of the Cunnlng- ham representatives. It commends Gla vls for sendlng a telegram leading the secretary to revoke his order for clear listing the Cunningham claims, and al so commends- Balllnger for ' , acting promptly on the recommendation. , . . , The report is signed by Senators-Nelson of Minnesota, chairman, Flint of California,' Sutherland f Utah and Root of New Tork, and Representatives McCall of Massachusetts, Olmstead ot Pennsylvania and Denby of Michigan. The report was filed with the senate by chairman Nelson. ' , -t Two minority reports were presented -on signed, by four temocrats and one Republican member of the eommhv (Continued on Pare Fifteen.) DEtlY REPORT OF JAPANESE OFFICERS but the Usual engraved cards of Invi tation to visit and inspect the ships. The date had been left blank in the form and this had been filled in with ink.':. -v":" " . -. "I received several '. ot these Invita tions," Linnard said today, "to give my friends. The only others sent to Pasa dena, so far as I know,- were to city officials. I could not visit ths ships with a party I had planned to organize, oecause 1 was 111 that day. So far as I know, the invitations did not neces sitate a reply."' . .a. . Yesterday Admiral Yoshiro and his staff visited Pasadena. He called on Linnard and spent several minutes in conversation with him and other Pasa denanas who had gathered to meet him. Linnard declared that the invitations were not referred to by, either, other than to express regret that ctrcum staces had precluded their acceptance, San Pedro, CaL, Dec. 7. Rear Admiral Rokuro Yoshiro laughed heartily when told, today of a report that persons In Pasadena had invited him and the of ficers of his staff to a ball and iad withdrawn the Invitations because the society buds who had been invited de cllned to attend and to dance with Jap anese., v.' '.. A- i ,.'..- -.;.,.,.,;'. ..; ... . "We have enjoyod our-stay In south ern California. Not a. single incident has occurred to mar the pleasure ofour visit"-; A. -- ' ' pany. Jn addition 100 new engines arc under construction. One 1 hundred of the locomotlvos are for the passenger service, o ror witching -and the bal-anS-for freight trains." Concerning- building operations now In . progress in Oregon, Kruttschnitt said the line east of the Cascades was beln g pu sh ed . to , comploiiort-with- 1 1 tpHvo. St-venty miles, were updor con struction, and 120 more would be added before the project Was completed. The completion of thJa line, he snld, would shorten, the. time between San Fran Osoo and Portland by Many hours, as It was not only shorter than the pres ent troute but was on an easier grade. RAPID FOR MAST HOGBITSltl. EJAF.1E ffil FOB I COURT Cummins Carries From White ' House Taft's List of Possi ble -Supreme Court Appoin tees, for Inspection.; PROGRESSIVES OF. BOTH , HOUSES WILL CONFER Hughes fo; Chief Insisted on, but Any Square Man for : Other Place. , " (Pnlted Press LMed W!ri.S Washington, Deo, 7. A conference ot the insurgents in the senate and a prob able ' eonsultatton between them and the leaders of the house progressives, over the appointment of Justices to the supreme court of the United States, Is expected. Senator Cummins of Iowa, leader of the senate progressives, who called a second time at the White House yesterday to confer with Pres! dent Taft, was given a list of men considered by the president ; for ths positions. Cummins will consuft the insurgents and will -advise the presi dant if the list Is considered acceptable by the progressives. Taft's eviddht wish to allow ths In surgents to ' have a voice in the selec tion moans, according to the politicians, not only, that he wishes to unite all factions of 'the party, but that ha re cognixes the strength of ths Insurgents and desires to avoid a clash in ths senate, especially over ths question of appointments. It Is thought the lnsur , (Continued on Fare Fifteen.) J OF CASE DELAYED Charge of Illegally Cutting Timber Against Physician and Wife Not to Be Heard Until Spring. , When ths case of the United States against Dr. William J. May and Carrie O. May for the alleged cutting of tim ber on government land was called for trial before Judge Wolverton today. Dr. May's attorney, told the court his client had been sick in bed for a month and to bring him to court would: Imperil his ! life. - ---,vi'',..v .,:--:,;,,;....-.' Affidavits were presented from Mrs. May, from Attorney 8, B. Huston and from Dr. C. H, Francis, Dr. May's phy sician, stating that Dr. May was too 111 to appear in court Mrs. Mays affidavit set forth that her husband had -been seriously ill for fie weeks,, that two weeks ago he tried to visit a patient, the daughter of an old friend, and ' that though he was carefully bundled up and taken to the patient's house in a taxicab, he became so ill he was unable to return home and spent a week in bed before ho could be carried back to his own house. ' Dr. Francis' affidavit stated that It would be necessary to carry Dr. May into court on a streteheT and said If that were done he did not think the defend ant would survive the ordeaL Judge Wolverton continued tho ease until next spring. SLAVWrT ! U. S. Secret Service Men Dis- cover 'Smuggling "Gang in , ' Trade With Orient. San Francisco, Dec Ii That a ring of Chinese and American girl-slave smugglers netted an average of $40,000 with the arrival of every liner bringing a consignment of the, slaves in its hold, was learned today from reliable sources. Violation of the immigration laws in the smuggling ot Chinese, male and fe male, revealed by the abhorrent condi tions, found to exist when government agents raided the. liner Manchuria on Its arrtval from the orient, Is expected tfwotfltr-thr "conviction of several members Of the ring Implication by al leged members of the gang now under surveillance of federal officials. The au thorities refuse to reveal the names of the men suspected, and tho movements of the government operatives are to be made with secrecy until evidence against tho suppecis 13 complete... DR. PilAY GRAVELY ILL PROSECUTION UNERS . HIS f ; . ' NEW YORK PAPERS DONT THlflK TOO Its Characteristics Mainly Negative, Is General View; Some Call It Restful; Lacks Leadership, Some Say. . (United Press Leastd wb.) . New York, Dec 7. The New York newspapers, commenting on President Taffs annual message to congress, call It ."restful, after too procedure prac ticed In tha previous administration,' but not a few of the comments contain a note of disappointment because there Is "no note of leadership," . The World finds the message "con ciliatory, but strangely unresponsive to the popular needs of the nation,. and disregards its aspirations." It sums the document up as, a "standpat" mes sage, :',-.. ;. '.-v TJio Sun is apparently most satisfied with Taft's work. "Look before you legislate," is the substance of the mes sage, as the Sun editorial puts It "How different was the procedure consistently practiced in . the previous administra tions," ; the editorial continues. . 1 : The Herald finds the message one of "rest and peace." In ' commenting; on the massage the Press finds some cause for defending the president" "Taft's carefulness in dealing with , a,: situation difficult of management does not " mean that at the right moment! he would not act positively and . forcefully,' . says the Press. "The tone of the message Is admir able; it Is as straightforward as the character of the writer,", says the Amer ican. . .. ' ' v. - . -. The Tribune finds the message a "persuasive, utterly honest document marked throughout by patrlotlo Intent to serve the nation's best interests." "Of actual recommendations for new laws there are not a few in the mes sage,"' the Times say a "but none are Of a disturbing nature." , The Evening Poet criticises the lack of leadership. .-"The message Is unin spiring and gives no positive lead," says the Post "Instead of a call to action. Taft. has written a tedious, practical review." s Oakland Has Quiet Election. (RneeU) Diin.teb tn Th Jonmal.t Oakland, Of., Dec, 7. The city elec tion passed off here yesterday rather quietly, there being but little opposition to the citizens' ticket nominated at the convention in. November. The following were the-' successful candidates; For mayor, R. E. Ilunt; councllmen, A. G. Young, A.' F, Stearns, J. II. Dearllng, L. viUepegue; city treasurer, C. H Med ley recorder, J. H. Miller; marshal. George Fhiinps. "-Th6"hew'councirVifl''at once take up the matter of seouring a proper light ing system" for the town as the present lighting contract expires with the new year. It is-expected that a bond issue will 'be, voted for the purpose of con structing a complete light and power plant, extending the water system and IF FARLWLLL VISIT " ' A'!YU ' ;V.sUssH ini lUUII KRESS MS; Taft Addresses Convention of Waterways Men aiWash- ' ington; J. N. Teal and Other Coast Men Prominent (tTntted Press Leaned Wire ! Washington, Dec. T: The seventh annual-meeting of ' the Rivers and Har bors congress opened today with 1500 delegates in attendance. The principal object of the - organization- is to se cure a regular system of appropria tions for the carrying on of important government work on tho principal rivers and In the-' chief ports of the country In the course of tho morning session of the congress the delegates were ad dressed by President Taft and by the ambassador from. Mexico. V, ; ':-;, The congress is national in its pur pose, representing all sections and all waterways, and is endeavoring to im press congress with the necessity of a comprehensive policy for. Improving riv ers, canals and harbors of the nation. The question of an intelligent treat ment of these waterway projects has become a national question, and . the convention, : it Is . expected, will emphasize Its Importance by hearty ap proval of President Taft's position that only meritorious projects receive recog nition and that appropriations be kept within reasonable limits to the end that (Continued on Page Four.) Advance Admitted by Packing House Official; Says Beef May Stay Where It Is. - (United Press Leased Wire.) , Chicago, Dec. 7.-The price of pork and pork products is tending upward. following a small . decline during the past few weeks. Packers today admit that the prices are again soaring, and although there has been no advance tn Chicago It is bound to come within a few. 4aya.theysay. ..mM-r-- "Hogs and hog products are higher, though the advance as yet Is only slight," said the manager for Armour Co. ",', 'r-y;:'r -r:r "i-'V;'' '" "The oatlook Is for still higher prirea. Reef. Is as ' yet ' unchanged, and ft i possible that it may swy at Us' prf -if level." " ' mmm 3500 ADVOCATES ILLlllGIIER t Tom the New Tork Worl T. 0RE1! SENATORS PROTEST AGAIJJSl ELMER COLVE! Tell : Senate Committee H 2 ; ; Lacks Qualifications; Son. Chamberlain Says Fic-t en - Statement No. 1 Ccndc.r.:, (Wmhlnpton Btireaa of Tile Jocrnal.) . Washington, Dec 7. Senators Bourn and Chamberlain have Jointly signed a letter to the senate Judiciary committee protesting against the confirmation of the appointment ot Elmer Colwell to be United States marshal for the district of Oregon, on the ground that Colwell is lacking In the qualifications neces sary' to the discharge of the duties of the 'office.,-:.',.', V;!;--t .".'. . . Chamberlain personally, when asked It he had other reasons, said: "I also oppose the confirmation be cause Colwell, in 1909, advised members of the Oregon legislature not to honor Statement No. 1 pledges. A man tius lacking in . sympathy with Oregon's dominant thought is. In my opinion, not fitted to serve the people of the state officially." - ; - - The Judiciary committee wfu not take action for some time. 1 MAYOR PROCLAIMS . WATER LAW EFFECTIVE Mayor Simon this morning proclaim"-! the passage of the new water main law, which Is now In effect An ordinnrc to be submitted to the city council its next meeting, providing for the aU of; 1500,00 worth of , water bonds, t been prepared by the city attorney. Tt bonds are to be dated January L YEAR'S ETTD EDITION OF THE JOURTTAT, Authentic Itifonv.v tion Concerning Kc Wircesand Oppor tunities in Every County in Ore punLTCATic:: .dati: ' i:f V i. putting la tnala '.sewer' -- - : vl -'. - - "'''S:.', -.