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Advocates cf "Preparedness"
Say This plan Is Substance
fit AJ'Afrl P(notiwfll
(Cirittd Press T -! Ylra.) 1
Washington, Dec. 17. The serious ob-.
ject behind the current war department
agitation of military unpreparedness, it
was developed-tonight, was the! creation
by congress of a council of national
defense, combining the military with
the legislative and financial control of
the army, and navy. ' .
' That a "conspiracy," as alleged by
Representative Tawney, diii in some
measure exist, i admitted by the. sup
porters of this project, but the coop
eration of. the army and navy officials
and their friends in congress was de
voted; not to an. increase of appropri
ations so much as to a wise expendi
ture of these appropriations, c :
. For several months Major General
Leonard Wood, chief xvf staff of the
army; has been working In conjunction
, with Rear Admiral Richard "VVainwright
to perfect thig scheme.1 It has long
been :realized by both army, and navy
that each . has been developing Its or
ganization along hit-or-miss lines, ab
solutely irrelevant and: often' in control
wctlon of the development of the other
" arm' pf the service. This has. resulted!
In a deplorable amount of maladminis
tration. In both departments and the
too 'frequent . change of administration
r policy, with loss of efficiency and Joss
' cf money.: '. , -' ; - .
: Congressmen's Instinct to "Cat Eown."
' This was charged to & lack of cnop
aratlon between the appropriations
committees 'in wti)fw an! the two
departments. For sorts rt-ison the im
propriations ro!:;r-' : ' -i ! tv aia nvi
t mi poHsesi 1 vi ith thii Itl'ia that tln ir
duty w9 to flyht against the appro
printi'ons asked by the military authori
ties and always to cut thorn. .
While it is true that the war depart
ment doea not consider the present ap
propriation for the Jtmlntenanee of land
forces adequate, it is much more anx
ious to impress congress with the fact
that the army would be vastly Improved
by a judicious, xpenditue Of present
appropriations. It was for this purpose
that the McLachlan resolution was , ln
troduced -and the report of the sec re-'
tary of war concluded with a recom
mendation for the establishment of such
a council.
Tawney Ee fuses Expected. Aid, '
. . It was contemplated that Represen
tative Tawney, as chairman of the com
mittee on appropriations, should be the
chairman of this council of national de
fense.' .For' this 'reason Representative
Hobson,' acting in the interest of -the
war and ' navy -departments, went to
Tawney to present the bill to congress.
Tawney fought it ' " ; ; .'.
That the plans for the proposed coun
cil of r national, defense contemplate
nothing less than a revolution of pres
ent methods of supporting the milttq,ry
and the navy, was revealed in 'state
(Continued on Page Four.)
EIIGLISII 1IOTBL1 111
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(rnlted Pre si Leased Wir.
New York. Dec. 17. Most English
writers . who come to America make
a tour of two or three months and then
go back home t "roast Americans to
a turn. :,',',w.'.,V'':.'''-f,;.'Jr''
On the Mauretania, When she put otrt
Into the North river tonight was an
exception 'to the rule, William Holt,
special corresuonflent of the London
Dally Mail, who did a' marvelous "sight
seeing America" act between sun
rise of one day and sunset of anqther
and who declared he was hurrying back
to England to tell the Britishers what
a great country this Is.
Lord Northcliffe, proprietor .of the
Mall, wanted to teach American news
papermen a lesson In real enterprise.
So when he heard; the Manretanla was
going to New lork, pick up her Christ
mas passengers and hurry back to Eng
land in Just 12 days; he sent Holt along
to "see America." .. .
Interviews President Taft. 'V-"',.".
Holt landed from the Mauretanla at
I o'clock Friday morning, boarded a
special- train for Washington, Inter
viewed President Taft, Speaker Can
non, a few other celebrities,;1 saw all
the eights 1 of the capital, and - then
flashed back to New York, doing Phil
adelphia and "BalLimore en route, and
reaching Gotham - FViday evenlnj? in
time to explore the-' "Groat White Way"
pnd oter less lnmlnotis dlrtricts of tho
iiiuuoiioLis. fi.itiu'uay was euutUly busy
for i the "tourist.'! . -Jle.-- breakfasted,
Fhaved, took a trip ini the subway dur
ing the rush hours,, dlptated his story
for the Mall to a Btenot)raphor, Inter-inw-cd
Governor-eleet lix, visit e.t Wall
!Wt, Nlhe H'ji'son t-rmlnal, tonkltnieh
wn t the KHllrorui club, rUt; in thq
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' By John E. Lathrop,. ,
' Washington, Dp. 17 The war scare
continues to agitate the Washington
shipyard Jobby. and th steel trust finds
allies in Representatives Humphrey Of
Seattle and McLahlan -of California.
Most of the pacific coast senators and
representatives attended a dinner given
by Senator Piles last night, at which
Humphrey ' made som remarks of a
warlike nature. He prof ?esed to fear
that the Japanese would land an army
rf AAA. man . fin the shores of Puet
Sound,' and intimated ttiat - this would"
be an easy tasK lor me Japanese. e
failed to show how it, would , be easy
for Japan to send a fleet of 100 trans
ports, 60 collifcrs and supply ships and
15 or 20 battleships to guard thero. or
what they vrould do when they reached
our shore, and were iriet by . the re
pelling force that, of course, would
be massed,, to meet theni. - : -, ;;
Washington , Accustomed to Scares.
. The capital city experiences these 8
nual war ecarea at the- beginning ,t
each session of congress, when mili
tary enthusiasts are. asking for In
creased appropriations- for ; battleships
and submarines and. larger funds for a
sUnding army. The advocates of peace
are citing that at this time, for past,
present and anticipated wars, the coun
try is expending more than half, the
total amount of iU revenues, end that
tho demand for a standing army over
600.000 strong would withdraw men
from productive pursuits in the racljfc
EliQIiJEERS'STRKE
TOBEEITIlEROnOR
OFF RIGHT QUICit
. T. .-- - v; '
"llo Delay of Months Goes,"
Says Chief If Terms Not
. M:.-2 at Once, 3200 V.:r
rrws 3Ui-"(l Wirt.) '
Chicago, Doc 17. "There .will be
either a settlement of differences, or a
strike, before Christmas.. The engineers
and trainmen are in dead earnest and
unless Commissioner NeUl Is successful
lnv, his efforts to arbitrate, the wage
dispute the 61 railroads of the central
west will be completely tied up within
the next- week. No delay of . two or
three-months 'goes."-.:' , 'i ;'. VS . ' ' vv-' '
This 'f was the statement 1 s of W- 8."
ttone, grand chief of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, here tonight,
following a conference - between repre
sentatives of the engineers and Com
missioner of Labor Charles . P. Keill,
who was called here by the railroads
to endeavor to settle the difference ex
isting between tne railroads and their
employes.' v':. "r-r-'' t ': '"
Tonight Neill "refused to. discuss the
results ' of the two conferences held
today, other than to say that he hopes
for a peaceable ending of the dispute.
It Is stated that the trainmen will
use the possibility of a strike Just at
Cliristmas time as a method to compel
the railroads to meet their demands,
although both managers and represen
tatives of the men express a fuM reali-
, (Continued on Page Four.) .
Hudson tunnel, shopped in Fifth ave
nue.: went to Grant's tomb, drove up
Riverside drive, passed through Central
Park, had tea at the Plaza and got
to the Mauretania In time for her sall-
ing';...;.. ;:''. ;;;;.-.'i .tAr
i '.'I'll tell you.t he gasped as he shiv
ered on the deck of the vessel, -you
Americans love to hustle.' You very
Justly admire your aptness for doing
things with a great hustla. Every lit
tle while you make the question aca
demic. You set up a record for hustling,
pure and simple, with no material ob
ject to be attained by, it -J; ,;.,'.!'; K';
-"!.'':. NO ' monopoly "On Hustling. '':A:'
"You have sot up championships with
conditions all of your own framing and
nave won them an nandtiy and in a
manner to distinguish yourselves. But
really, you know, there -has hot been
very much competition. ,' . So peirhapa
Lord Northcliffe saW in this quick trip
of the Mauretania a chance fto set it
down on the' record that fine hustlers
as the Americana are, they have not a
monopoly of that qaulity.-. It is admis
sion of education that-- I ' am taking,
perhaps. " , : . ,"
. "My -object in rushing back td Eng
land, too, may' be to tell -the people
over there just how good this country
really is, J It's simply great." But yoii
must not ask me to give you any aca
demic. discussion of America ahd. Arnerl
caua fur rea.lly. I- uiu'L l'vt-ie-"
much and tried to remember so much
that, really my bruin ih in a whirl. I
eliall spond my time on the Maure4i.nla
trying to .get the thln!3 straightened
out In rny mirnl; tiu-n i fnaii write my
lrnpi'itHiiiiiH t'ir tli A. nil.
"They, will be good itnprrjsniiins, tmlly
Rood imnrefRionM."
li. 'mi. Ii Fibiii.L;
of mi m
states, Jf they contributed, their quotas,
as follows:' Oregon 3360, California
11,800, Washington . 6000, Idaho 1625.
The. total for these states would be
almost as , many- aa are, employed 'in
productive pursuits t as laborers, In
Portland, Seattle or' Los Angeles.
, It is known here that these wild alarms
Of the w,ar propagandist are engen
dering in v Japan a' spirit of growing
antagonism and it is charged that the
Humphreys, -McLachlans. Il6bsons and
Dickinsons-understand yiis and proceed
with ' their " propaganda with the cool
intent of f inciting , other declarations
by; Japstn of its fears of war with
thia, country. '';'.' - .,
.y---";.-Pssao, Conpwra a, Sesiriotti ki'ir.
, The ' travesty ; of the whole thing, is
completed by the meeting of the In
ternational Peace society ji Washington
at. this time,: for while the war scare
was ' 'being stirred up, Carnegie ! was
donating $10,000,000' to produce an an
nual revenue of $500,000, to . work, for
international ' '-poacei ' Representatives
of foreign ' countries in j",the- United
Stateu were addressing ' the society in
an effort to cut, down the $5,000,000,000
approximately now" expended ' annually
by the United States', England, France,
Germany, Italy and Russia for warlike
purposes,' " Vy-v';;-:''' '"i.'.i'.'l'.;- .)'.' ,-i- i
. - Bitterness In Disousslons.
Intense bitterness'; is displayed In
congress " in the discussion' which the
(Continued on Page Four.).
2 l!E'l STEAMERS
ARE dlHO
, mum
Bates &; Chee'sebrough Add
, Mills and Lyra to Equipment
Vr,I Operate cn the At
Pr.t dul rhMtrb to Tlx. JaimtH
San lYnncisco, Dec. 17. Two addi
tional steamers, the Mills and the Lyra.
have been chartered at New York by
Batea . & CheeBebrough . for their new
line they are now operating between
this city and New -York via the Isthmus
of Panama, ; in i conjunction with the
government's, railroad across the isth
mus and Us,' Hne of vessels-on the
Atlantic coast The steamer Mills will
begin loading tomorrow and the Lyra
about the middle of January. V
These vessels are to operate on the
Atlantic' coast, sailing trom New York
and Philadelphia and the port of Colon,
and will act as auxiliary , steamers . for
the excess freight that cannot be han
died by the government's steamers. ;
Owing to the heavy, shipments . of
freight - by the government to the Pan
ama canal and the increasing offerings
of freight to the new line, the govern
ment's line has been unable to handle
all the southbound freight. and made It
necessary to getmore vessels. . ,
'XL- B. Bates, one of the members of
the firm, is in New York at the present
time and his telegram announcing the
signing of the charters for the two ves
sels was received In this city yesterday,
'FRISCO BUCKET
Report That Government Is to
Extend Prosecutions to the r
-r Pacific Causes Alarm.1-
' (Srdil Piqiatc-b to The JoarttaL) '
San Francisco, Cal., .Dec. 17. Appre
hensive of a raid by the federal officials,-
many of the local bucket shops
have closed their doors and those that
hav continued In active operation havt
adopted : a policy of extreme ; caution
During ' the last four weeks the word
has been quietly' passed along that the
government intended to extend its pros
ecutions to he Pacific coast; ' Two of
tne largest immipuiators in ttne city
retired from business; intending to wait,
at least, until the ptorm has broken
and passed. In other haunts where the
click of the .telegraph and the chalking
of quotation have been almost unceas
ingly- there hna" come a decided lull.
. In those offices where 'the 'game has
been running , without, interruption at
full height, the. new polleyof caution
Is "manifest At one of the. establish
SIIOSFEARil
ments in lower Montgomery fetreet .a
sentinel was placed at , th outer' en
trance today, prepared to flash a warn
ing of,; impending interference. At his
elbow" a button had been Installed which
connected wth an Incandescent globe
within. . 'At the apprpaeh. of any- one
bearing the- tnarks of? agovernment
raider In .disguise.. Uij guard- touched
the late AiiU the -Ji Ui llahd-within.
Then the callinp-and trading ceased
and tho plaeo touk on the semblance of
a social club. , , '
At another off iee )n JPosh ' fttreet,
where buptnes! Is generally brink, the
tlay's opei-;.'ttiiTis were carried along in
li. uttory f ishion with few tales and
f i ,uil ii Hii ! ;iry t ra imife.t Ions.' "
' ' ' i . .- . '
' REACHES CITY: IS
SiLBirOilCffi
Land Fraud Prosecutor With
holds ( Statement Qf Prob
' able ActionUntil He Scans
. Voluminous Mail. . . '
DECLAHES CONGRESS ,
, NOW irSPONSIBLE
Asserts Harmon Boom for the
Presidency Is Most Laugh-J
able Affair.- .
Frances J. Heney dropped into Port
land last night, coming from Chicago.
$Ir. ;Heney had been expected for 'the
past two weeks and mail from his Sao
Francisco office has been piling ..tip in
the united States district attorney's of
fice for - him during that time. ' Mr.
Heney pleaded his not having read this
mail as an excuse for not throwing
much light on what attitude he will
take in the land fraud prosecutions now
awaiting his action In the federal courts.
One thing is certain Mr. Heney will
not try to go very deeply into any
cases this trip. He exnects to be in
San Francisco for Chirstmas and will
not stay in .Portland more than two or
three days. He expects to cover a
good. deal. of .ground in that i time, ' he
said, but of course will not attempt to
w any vuus. ' - -. ' '---
Awaiting Mr. Heney's action are: The
Blnger Hermann case, tried once and
resulting in a disagreement; the cases
of Pierce Mays and W. N. Jones, con
victed in the land fraud" prosecutions
and awaiting removal to Jail,: the man
dates having arrived, and the J. N. Wil
liamson case. . ' ,
Can't Give Out Anything. .
"I cannot tell what I will vdo In' any
of these matters nntll I have read my
mail," said Mr. Heney at. the Hotel
Portland last night. "It is probable
there are letters from the attorney gen
eral referring to soma or all of tiiese
caf;es. I d mtfpfl at liberty to com
ment .on them until I have read those
letters, and i In fact 1-have not yet
derided what will be done'nlout them."
Mr, Honey left Sim Fram-isoo the
day after Thanksgiving. He went directly
to Chicago, where he has been working
on a private matter ever since with the
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
FIREDEP1HI1T
Changes Kccomrflended in the
Proposed 1 91 2 Budget by
Ways and Means Commit
j tee of Council Are Minor:
,?. One of the most Important sessions
of the ways 'and means committee of
the city council that has been .held this
year was that of yesterflay afternoon,
when tne committee considered the bud
get recommended, by Mayor-Simon for
1911.7 It is" practically assured that
the action of the committee will be
ratified at the special meeting of the
council next Wednesday to pass upon
the budget '-; -..' ... .w.
While a few minor changes were rec
ommended . by the committee, the tax
levy of slx'mllls, as suggested by Mayor
Simon, was allowed to stand. The levy
for each department will bevtha same
as that recommended by 'the mayor,
with the' exception of ithe levies' for
tbe police and fire departments. , ' '
, .The committee modified tbe mayor's
recommendations by cutting down the
police' levy .05 of . a mill, from 1.20,
mills to l.lf mills and by increasing
the levy of the fire department fund
from .4 mills t".46 mills. - -L ' . !
When the mayor .first submitted his
annual ' bud get . his . recom mendations
were based on -an estimated . valuation
of $248,000,000, the estimate of the value
of city property mado by the city as
sessor, "less 4Vi per centV- ; v
Since the mayor mad thl.4 estimate
Contlnued on Page Eleven.)
YEAR'S END ; ;
EDITION OF
THE JOURNAL
Comprehensive Issue
That Will Set Forth
in Detail Facts 'and
Figures .Relating to
Portland and Oregon.
FUEUCATIOH
DATE SATURDAY,
OEA tSf
IIII1T L1EI0 IS ill! 1 DEEPEST
IT'S TROUBLE
f. - 1 tUnltctl Pram Leased Wlr.
Laredo, Texas, Dec 17. Reports re
ceived , here tonight say , that during
the engagament between federal and
rebel troops at Hacienda, General Na
verro, commapding pne of the govern
ment divisions, was wounded, and taken
a prisoner by' the Insurgents.. .He is
now reported to be in their hands near
Guerrero.
, (United rrewi Letied 'Wire.)
El- Pasd, Texas, Dec 17. That - the
Mexican government does ' not longer
attempt to conceal the gravity tf the
revolutionary situation in Chihuahua
and other northern states, fo indicated
by the official anxiety to get engineers
to haul troop trains into the districts
disturbed. The situation has grown too
grave for the government to wait to
send relnforoements to the federal
troops in the field overland and special
trains are being made up to rush sol
diers to the vicinity of Chihuahua.
. This is taken here as' practically of
ficial; verification of the reports that
ueneral Navarro and his ; troops in
Chihuahua are still In sore straiis and
lends color to advices from revolution
ary sources early today indicating that
Navarro has been completely routed
and his forces disorganized. , '
That, there has been' further desper
ate fighting throughout the State of
IIS'
Government Forces Nearly An
nihilated by lnsurrectos at
La Junta; ViSl Insist, ch
Trcns fr L...iiiCiCv.i.cnt3
(By the Inlpmarkwai New Srrlet.)
El Paso, Texas, pec. 17. President
Dlius' Mexican rmy suffered' a' loss of
950 men in dead, and wounded in a bat
tle at La Junta, according to the latest
news from, the scene of hostilities. The
federal' troops engaged in the fight num
bered 1000 men. When 'they raised the
white flag there were only SO able bodied
men In the force, that surrendered to
the victorious revolutionists. -.
La 'Junta la a small town on the Mex
ico, Northwestern & Orient railroad.
News of the battle and its result w is
sent birt by railway employes. . The
telegraph wires were cut later. '
.There has been fighting near Ojlnlga,
south of Marf a, ; Texas. Many horses
belonging to Mexican troops escaped in--tot
Texas and it is believed that the
federals - were annihilated. - Reinforce
ments should have arrived there last
night or .today if they were not de
feated, marching'-, westward from the
Orient railroad station at Falomir. They
left Chihuahui last Sunday for Falo
mir,. . ,- , V .,'-t ,'-., -
, Treops Vot Beard From, ' '''
i Troops sent out from Jiminei, the
railroad Junction . point for the road
leading Into Parral, have not been heard
from.' They were attempting to Join
d (Continoed on Page Six.)
Tunnel of Leyden Mine Caves
Few Feet From' Searchers, J.
- .Endangering Lives.
Denver, Dec- 17,Rescucrs who early
tonight penetrated - the tunnels of the
Leyden coal mine, where 10 miners were
entombed Wednesday night,1 narrowly
escaped death when a new , cave-In oc
curred, completely blocking the, passage
way. leading to the shaft - where the
men perished. It not only cut off any
lingering hope that any of the entombed
men can survive, but also made it lnv
possible to bring to the surface the
four bodies rouna in the mine eany, to
day. This means that a new route into
the mine must be dug out and that none
of the bodies of the 10 entombed men
will be recovered until late next week.
The rescuers, .numbering? a dozen!
were threading their way through the"
maze of passages, Intending to bring up
the four bodios found this .morning,
whon there was' fall of earth "less than
20 feet from them. Had it occurred lfr
seconds later,' all- "the- rescuers must
have been, buried and killed.- ..; ;
Professor . J. ' C. ; Roberts, . in charge.
of the rescue work at the Leyden mine,
notified the " Officials of the: coal com
pany tonight that there was absolutely
no hope for the six miners ho thus
far have not been located. ' He based
his announcement on the. -discovery'. ty
the., rescue. rs;f,.lfae ..fact, that. a. iiavy
steol door in the tunnel near the point
whers the fire broke out, has not been
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they had succeeded in closing one door
In the tunnel, but could not clone the
other because of a cave-in. This door
was designed to shut off deadly gases
in case of accident..
.Tlii) rc;;cucrs continued- their- search
.', '.-' - V- y
IS ALLEGED B
Chihuahua . today' nonp doubts, though
it is impossible to get anything defi
nite. -
Revolutionists here' consider sicnlfl
cant the fact that the Mexican govern
ment was forV(d .to permit Ambassador
Wilson at Mexico- City to deny the. re
ported capture, of4 Guerrero by the fed
eral troops ! . They point out that on
the day' the government' claimed ' this
victory, federal troops .had not actually
penetrated any, farther than the vicin
ity of Pedroales, where an engagement
.was fought last Sunday, ,
Further . advices tonight ' from Marf a.
Texas, indicate . that the federal forces
that engaged the rebels at Ojlnaga, Mex
ico, yesterday was practically : annihi
lated.', Reinforcements are believed . to
have reached this place last night, how
ever, and reports of a renewal of the
engagement-, are 'hourly, expected. r
Nothing has been heard of a , force
that set out? from Jimlnes in an effort
to effect a Junction with Navarro's
troopaVt marching from. Chihuahua.
Today orders were , issued by the
chiefs of police in' villages and towns
In the state of Chihuahua instructing
all men having arms In their possession
to coma in and register and give an ac
counts1 of themselves. The order con
cludes by--saying "extreme penalties"
will be inflicted upon all who fall to
obey the Instructions. This is taken to
mean that persons unable to show they
are not -rebels will be shot ,
OBEBOQ C0I1CT.
T
Thomas CTRourke, Sent From
Multnomah County for As-
sault, Cuts Guard Simpson
"U r -, I'r;r;
(Salem Buhmib of Thr Joarnal.) ' ,
Salem, Or., Dec. 1 (. v Thomas
O'Rourke, committed to state's prison
from Multnomah county' November 12
1909, and serving three years for as
sault with a dangerous-weapon,' this
afternoon attacked E. Q. Simpson, a
guard in the shops at the penitentiary,
inflicting several wounds of serious
nature, but probably hot fatal, with a
small knife blade he had. concealed in
his clothing. " - i-- -
Indications', are that the convict had
prepared to avenge some Yea) or fancied
wrong committed against him by Guard
Simpson, though penitentiary authori
ties say the attack was made apparent
ly without provocation.
Attacks Without ' warnl&ff.
According to Superintendent James,
Simpson, who is a guard in the -foundry,
met O'Rourke about 3 o'clock in
the corridor of the shop which is
shielded , at short Intervals' from the
cages where, other -. guards sit . with
loaded arms, to prevent mutinies and
Just sncb. occurrences as that of this
afternoon. The conylct was muttering
and 'cursing Simpson and the guard
told him to desist With sadden anRer
O'Rourke attacked Simpson, wounding
(Continued on Page Four.)
KEfiTIHG u FLOOD
BLDltlimiOIl
IDS GUARD
AT STATE PRISON
AUDWILL BUILD 8
Byt the terms of a lease signed yester
day -'afternoon for the property' at the
northwest " corner of Park and Alder
streets, the old Arlington club building
will be torn oown at once to make way
for a $100,000 theatre for Keating ft
Flood of'-' the Lyric ' theatre, he new
house Is to be -known ., as the . Lyric
and Its builders hope to have it com
pleted of April or May, 19U.
The lessees have? secured the lOOx
100 foot corner for a term of 10 years,
paying 750 a month straight during
that time, Tn addition, they -have the
option of securing the corner for the
next five years. , They . are to ' make
all improvements and pay all! taxes on
the property,; which Is owned by the
D. P., Thompson v estate. The owners
purchased the property at public auc
tion last week for $100,000 '. " :.' .
; Plans for the' theatre are now beins;
drawn by Architects Bennes & Hen
dricks, and call for a steel frame., three
story structure, ' the outer . walls ' of
which are to be of pressed" brick. It la
planned to cover practically , the entire
100 by 10 feet with the structure. On
the Alder street side, facing the new
Olds, Wortman & Kins' store, ' will be
six or seven store rooms4 on the ground
floor.: Above, these, in, the second and
third floors, wtll be offices. These
stores will be about 10 or 22 feet deep.
Tha . tlitta.tr aUUclf,wia-U-arninKa.t
eeeat 1200 or 1400 people, and Will
have an outer passageway running the
en tire length of .the .'structure -on the
side adjoining the Selling-Hirscrj build
ing. '"' ' -' " ' - .,'''
' Cparated Ere for Saveu Yars.
Keating & FUxxl have cperate.i the
Lyrfc theatre for' seven- years ami are
well knwwn in "Paclfio toxt. thearll
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PREIEIII IAFT
BLUilTLY DEuiES
111UM
If
1
Navy Very Good; Canal Will
-Make, It Better Country
.Will Never Stand for Stand
ing Army' on War Footing.
OUTLINES PROGRAM QF
'WHAT:S PRACTICABLE
One of Principal Items Is the
: Training of Militia "No
, Reason for War Scare."
v, ! ftTnlted Press Tiitrd f;,i
WachiTJEton Dec' 17. Following im-
mediat ly -upon Vie "war scare" raised
by the suppression of the report of Sec
retary of War Dickinson, President Taft
tonight .at the banquet which concluded
the three days' session of the, conference
Of the American. Society for the Ju
dicial Settlement of International Dis
putes, denied the alleged military 'un-
preparedness of the United States.
"There has been a good deal of talk
In the papers and some reference lu
congress," said the president "to tl:-
supposed helpless condition of this coun
try In the event of a foreign Invasion.
"I Venture to think that much more
has been made, of this than, the facts,
calmly considered, woujd 'Justify. ",Wo
nave a very good navy and witn the
opening of the Panama canal It will ba
a much more effective one. It would be
useful to prevent the coming of an In
vading' army across the seas. ' '
Hver a Great Standing Army.
y "The people of this country will never
consent to the maintenance of a stand
ing army which military experts will
pronounce sufficiently large to cope in
battle with the standing armies of the
greater powers, should they get by oin;
navy and our harbor defenses, ad de
scend on our coasts. If this leaves u i
In a position of he!pteRrwr;, i b (t
' "Fur ' tiiuMs' who Mnd-i.a-ir. 1 t!.-
tilar sentiment in this country l.i.c '
that it cannot 'be otherwise. We shi'i
do everything In the way of wife r, !'
itary preparation if we maintain o'ir
present -'tegular army; if we continu-'
to improve the national militia; to pn
tHe pending volunteer bill; to get into
operation If war is declared and not to
Involve the nation in a dollar's worth
of expense until the emergency arises:
If we pass a law now pending in con
gress, which will give us a force of ad
ditional officers trained in the military
art and able in time of peace to render
efficient service In drilling the militia
of the states, and In; fining useful
quasi-ctvll positions ihat are of the
utmost advantage . to the government;
and if we in a reasonable time accumu
late guns and ammunition enough to
equip, and arm the force we could en
list under our colors In an emergency.
Sot Slightest Season for Scare,
' "I have , said , that, in order to allav
the so-called war scare which has fur
nished copy for the newspapers during
the last few days. .
"There la not the slightest reason for
such a sensation. . We are , at peace
with, all the nations of the world nn.l
are quite likely to remain so, as far
as we can see into the future.
"We have on the continent of tiia
United States excellent coast defenses
for every Important harbor that mi
army could enor. 5 We have a small
but very efficient army of 80,000 men
(Continued on . Page Four.)
SIGniEASEFfln
OLUO radii
circles, being Interested In "hoiiaes trt
other coast' cities. Tommy Burns, for
mer world's champion boser, is a silent
partner In the firm and it. Is ihe in
tention of the company to build new
houses In Vancouver, B. C, and in
attle.
Mr. Keating stated last night that
a , site has already, been secured in
Vancouver and Burns Is in Seattle now ,
negotiating for; one on Second avenun
in that , city., Modern ' theatres are tt
be built in each place. '
The .construction of the new I.yr'e
probably means" bringing net only to
Portland , bat to" the the United States
the attractions of an entirely new vaud
eville circuit so far as tlilx country li
concerned that of Harry Rlcknnls, the
English and Australian theatrical and
vaudeville -man Rlckatds own . f va
vaudeville houses In and about London,
He also operates a' string of hc-jwn in
Australia., It Is the intention of Kent
ing & Floods when their buiMin hi
ready.'' to. bring these attraetions t t!;e
Pacific coast while..-on-their 'way t
- Australia. At -prenent.-the trip frn-n'
London Is unbroken by -any stops Tl -
aets can come t tho United' 8Uts. ( v
in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, ar.d
embark Bit Vancouver for finlncir, ,i m
traiia. without lowing tini and In H i !
tlon doubtless make enough y cl
traveling1 'expeti-' fit iAit. .
" "" Xdua Caa i Aua.i j. ..
The idea fijst .ar-.piiit-1 in r.. ,
and hlj4.trotli-r-ln-l,iw. Tmtnr., - -
two were toorlpff Ao -tr.M t a
years a so. ."I,arrv"K .
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