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VOL. 22.
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PUBLIC PULSE
IS RECORDED
"Success" Magazine by Series
of Questions Sounds Senti
ment ot People.
COUNTRY LOYAL TO TAFT
AND ENDORSES "INSURGENTS"
Straw Vole Enables Magazine to As
certain Attitude of Nation Regard
ing Issues of the Day Aldricb and
Cannon Are Universally Copdemn
I "Insurgents" to a Man Are
Uplicld Haw ley and Ellin Opposed
As "Regulars."
New York, Dec. 18. Apparently
Indicating that the country is still
loyal to President Taft and support
ing the socalled "insurgent move
ment" are the results of a sensation
al "straw ballot" which will appear
next Tuesday In tho January number
of the "Success" Magazine. Partic
ular interest Is attached to the ballot
because a similar poll Inst year en
abled the "Success" to predict the ex
act division of the electoral vote In
the pros dcnttal election.
On November 9 the "Success" mail
ed 2!. 500 life subscribers a list of
ten suKgestlous.. designed to sound
their public attitude. To these ques
tions 13.102 replies were received. Of
these who answered 8360 were re
publienns, 3213 democrats and 1529
independent, prohibitionists and '
members of other parties. Practical- I
ly every stat in the union was rep
resented. In a letter accompanying
the 1 st of questions the '
recent tour of the president was j
recalled and his position concernlnK j
both past and pending legislation ex- j
plained. Also the uttitud; of several I
prominent leg slators explulnlng the
tariff during the last few months was j
outlined. After reviewing the ex- j
plunatlon, the voters were asked to i
indicate their opinions. The
luted questions ami answers
the r views.
Answers Show Altitude.
The first question asked was
taliu
show Do
you believe your vote for a presiden
tial candidate last November wisely
cast?" of the republicans answering.
672S said "yea," and
The second qiicst'on.
5 10 voted "no."
, "Are you satls
nlne months of
fled with the firm
Taft's
admin strntion?" Of the re
publicans 3 0 '. 2 voted "yes." and 240
voted "no," while 327S declined to
vote. Of the democrats, 500 voted
"yes." and 2053 voted "no."
The third question was: "Do you
approve of the posit. on of Senator
Aldriih on the lucent tariff legisla
tion?" Of the republicans. 517 voted
"yes" and G313 voted "no." Forty
democrats endorsed Aldrlch, while
2447 voted "no." Tho fourth ques
tion wan: "Do you approve of the
position of Speaker Cannon on tho
recent tariff legislation?" Replying,
only 400 republicans said yes und
only 40 democrats voted likewise. In
disapproval of Cannon's attitude were
6485 republ cans and 2247 democrats.
Tho fifth question was: "Do yon ap
prove of President TaTt on the recent
tariff legislation?" To this 2102 re
publicans voted "yes" and 3580 voted
"To. Of tlie democrat! ,11 uipio
I 2361 disapproved. The. S'Xt"
cd m
;y;is; Is It your desire that
..out
President Tan u''',"'t and cooperate
with Al.lrich and Cnn!?" the gen
eral public policies which they rep
resent.'" In answer. 0293 republi
cans voted "no," while 629 replied,
yes. . To supplementary question
reading, "Do you desire him to op
pose them?" C21'J republicans replied
"yes," and 461 "no."
Three additional questions we-
uium.d to obtain their sent1-
i'i;
-e ne-
.ment re-
gardlng congress,
were separated and
he
,jo questions
,nt In relation to
the various distr
subscribers I1-
.eta In which the
you nppr
.vO. 1 ney louow .
jVo of the pos tlon of your
rcpre
.......i.... m congress in ui
oskorshlp contest last spr.ng?
'In it your desiro that he support the
polices of Speaker Cannon or would
!. htm to oppose them?
you 'i v ..,
"Would you vote for him If
lie another election
there
tha
month, provided ho was opposed by
PORTLAND MAY CUT
SM.."llUHh POST OFFICE.
Washington, Dec. 18. Tho
treasury department has decid
ed to recommend the appropria
tion of a million and a half
dollars for ft now building In
Portland, exclusively for post
office uses. The present build
ing will bo devoted to court
and other federal purposes. If
tho npproprlat on goes through
the money will bo available next
summer.
a reputable man of the opposition
party?"
Hartley and Ellis Opposed.
The "Success' says the republican
insurgents against Cannonlsm were
to a man supported except In a few
(uses. In Washington Representative
Poindexter, nn "insurgent," was In
dorsed 102 to 3, while Representative
Humphrey, a "regular," was con
demned by a vote of 4 9 to 6. In Ore
gon 4 2 out of 62 republicans voted
against Representative Hawley, and
25 out of 35 voted against Ellis, both
being "regular and republican" congressmen.
ROY
SANTA CLAUS"
WRAPPED IX FLAM KS
Olympla, Dec. 18. Believed to be
the first "Santa Cluus" victim for
years. Earl Doeherty, a scholar ol the
sixth grade of the Washington school
here, today Is suffering from severe
burns sustained when his cotton cos
tume became ignited. Earl was im
personating Kris Krlngle when his In
flamable coat brushed against a
candle hanging from the Christmas
tree, and In a moment the boy was en
veloped in flames. The blaze was
quickly smothered by the boys' fath
er, but not until he was severely
burned.
LYNCH IS NEW HEAD
OF NATIONAL LEAGUE
FORMER UMPIRE WINS
THROUGH RECENT DEADIjOCK j
Ih Well Known Figure In Raseball
World Heydler Is Chosen Secretary
Danger of Split In Major Ieague
Ranks Averted.
i
New York, N. Y., Dec. IS. Thos.
Lynch, was today unanimously elect
ed president of the National League '
and John Heydler, who has acted u. I
president since the death of Harry j
Pullium. was ihosen ncerclary. Lynch ;
was nominated by John T. Brush of I
the New York club.
The league's new president is a fa-
' miliar figure to older fans of the n-
Itlonal circuit. For many years he was
n members of the organization's urn
1 pi re stuff, and bore the reputation of
j being the best arbiter In major league
baseball. His election Is one of the
: most Important billets In organized
baseball and It Is thousl'.t met general
approval. With the election t,f Lynch
jthe danger of a disastrous split in ma-
Jor league ranks has apparently been
averted. His choice, following the
I deadlock between supporters of John
I M. Ward mid Robert Brown, a Louis
I villi- newspaper man. came as a sar
! prise to many of those who have fol
lowed the deliberations of the league
I VTcrnnteH at their annual meeting.
SWS MXVTB.M.L IS WORSE
THAN PRIZEFIGHTS
Spokane, Wash. Judge Edward
Whitson of the United States district
j court of eastern Washington. who
j I'l'.ii.i, il hi it uuiiijui i i j.i i
I tive business and professional men
I interested In the welfare of Spokane
I college, started something w hen he
; declared In the course of an address
that football Is more injurious than
. prizo-f ghtingand more d'sreputablo,
adding:
l "Ho who "attends aprlzcflght stand.
in the shadow of the law nnd is liable
I to arrest and punishment. We read
of deaths and Injuries on the football
field, but none in the prize ring. I
j am in favor of physical development,
: but not physic' ,
I -"" vScnsscs Hint rob the
'homes of the land nf. their vouth
and strength. Foaii ciher should
be reformed to vemove all dangerous
ill w ."I - .rtlcV,rtJ
Crildnnl "-
, ,, " of eastern universities
nnd coII- , ut,- iu nveen.
tlon
i" ....... -i-
.o Judge Whitson's remark m I
tor
.mlng football more d.srcputaoio
than prize-fighting, declaring that,
while a lively game cannot be called
a nlnk tea. college football is clean
and the term he used, as generally
understood, cannot be attached to It.
NORTHWEST COULD BE MADE
CHEAT HOC COUNTRY
I Tortland Atchison, Kansas, Is the
central point of four states. Missouri.
I Kansas. Nebraska and lown, Hint
I have on numerous years produced a
1 corn crop of a billion bushels. Ac
! cording to the Globe, n newspnpi r of
Atchison, tho government estimate or
the pnst year's total crop in the Uni
ted Slates Is 2.767,316,000 blitliels
Kansas began tho growing of uli ilfa
in 13i! ana it more imu iiikcii h op
at that time it is estimated mat tne .
slate would be much richer today.
Now hogs are marketed in the Mis-si-.uri
river packing centers thai nev- I
or tasted corn. How much better aie
Hie opportunities in this Pacific)
northwest country for growing hogs
nn alfalfa and other foods than corn
than I" the middle west whero alt'nl
fa does not thrive so well as it does
here.
Clifford Brown, a graduate of the
University of Oregon and a resident
nf Salem, is In Pendleton today, the
Ruest of friends.
TWO WRECKS
II THE 1ST
Lake Shore PassengerCollides
Wiih Switch Engine. Chi
cago Train Leaves Track. .
TEX MEET DEATH AND
MANY ARE INJURED
l ake Shore Passenger Collides With
Switch Engine With Terrific Impact
Both Engineers ami Three
Switchmen Perish Contraction of
Rails by Intense Cold Causes C.
II. & Q. Train to Leave Track
Several Northwest People Injured.
Cleveland, Dec. 18. Ten
were killed and between 20
Injured this morning when
Shore passenger train No. 1,
people
and 30
Lake
west-
bound collided with a
at the foot of East
switch engine
T,. ... . . V.
v ...... t cuijr-oijilll
aired, wnen xne crasn came the
I.ake Shore tra!n was traveling at a
high rate of speed. Engines and cars
piled up in a shattered mass of de
bris. Vfin.i r t tVin r uum rr..... ...... . l.til
P(j but
The list of dead Is as follows: H.
L. Adams, passenger engineer, Al. O.
Hums, engineer of the switch en
gine, John A. Swales, switchman.
George Frank, switchman, and Ed-
I ward fiaseher, switchman.
J. Carrier, passenger, was fatally
'njured Both firemen were badly
burned. The three switchmen who
were killed were riding the switch
engine at the time of the collision
Icy Rails Can Wrcrk.
Chicago. Dec. 10. Two women are
: reported to have been fatally injured
and a number of other passengers
hurt when a fast passenger train on
the Chicago, Burlington & Qu'ncy
; inllroad bound from St. Louis to Chi
cago, was wrecked near Western
.pr'ligs. Ills, early today. Three
. rullman coaches were derailed. The
wreck is supposed to have been caus
ed by the contraction of the rails,
(In.- t intense cold. Offcials deny
that any of tho Injured will die. It
Is admitted however, that between 10
and 20 are hurt seriously. The fol-
lowing injured have been taken to
the hospitals: Mrs. O. A. I.ovell,
. Ymir B. C, arm broken and head se
ver, ly cut; o. A. Lovell, Ymir. B. C,
badly bru sed; Frank Clisby, a Spo
l;'Mie in ner, bruises; George Tate.
Cleveland, Ohio, bruised and shak
' en;. Mrs. J. P. Payscur of SeoUIo.
, head cut and bruised; Theodore Puy
scur, aged 7, ankle broken; Violet
Mitchell, Charlotte. slightly bur
about the body.
Mis. S. R. Stein of Spokane was
slightly injured, Benjamin Bales of
1 Portland, Ore., had his right side fti
! jilted; Mrs, Barnard Kschlebachcr o
i Portland, had A krp'O injured, and M.
1 L. Lane of Seattle had. his knee
; wrenched and body cut and susla n
: i ll bad bruises.
! BUTTE Ml MIS
CLOSED
BY COAL FAMINE
I Butte, Mont., Doc.
IS.
no Boston
mid Montana mines
x the Anntlgft-
: mated Copper
ompnny ore idle again
today be
vsillse of a coal shortage re-
' suiting
fiOm a coal blockade during
! the
switchmen's strike. Three thous-
und men are in enforced Idleness. A
, party of strikebreakers was sent yes-
. . ... ... ,.. . l.l,.
teriiay iroin Jlissouiil i" nan.icc, i.i.i.
. , wo) k vardf) tnoro jt s ,,, t,H,v
' . . .. . .... ....... ......... t...
,,ivo licen tnreaienea wuii m-aiu o
have been
dynamite.
The schools i f the county were lu v
1 er In such gooi condition In every
' way as they arc this year, according
; to Frank K. WeMes. th- county su
per. ntenden', wh i has nearly coiu-
! ilet
1 a tour of visits to the different
d strlcts. With the exception of the
Camas pra.r.e nod Pilot Rock sec
tions, print 'cully the entire county
lias In en i overed and the supcr'n-
tendent has noilung nut worus oi .
prai..:. for liie conditions of the;
schools and hu'ldings. j
Nearly everywhere he found the
spirit prevailing among the patrons .
as well r.s the members of the boards ,
ot directors that they des red to have
the verv best possible schools In their ,
districts .in. were willing to provide!
tlie funds necessary" for that purpose, j
The superintendent Is particularly
iwell pleased wiin iiu simiu iinioiiiu
of 'truancy reported and with the
ippunnic nr pmiMTV nor -
111 1111111.1 r llllllhMI MIL
1 l FLOURISHING CONDITION
FIGHT OVER
KING'S MONEY
Leopold Only Left Three Mil
lion of Vast Fortune to His
Three Daughters.
PEOPLE MAKE PRTiTENSE
OF GREAT SORROW
All Brussels Decked in Mourning
' Official Decree Ijunls I.coMld as
"Great King With (.rami Reign"
(on ii less (Jets IllggeM Part of
Plum No Fear that Her Children
SI Hill Ever Ascend Throne.
Brussels, Dec. 18. The entire king
dom of Belgium mourns Its departed
ruler, Ieopold II. Courts, schools and
theaters re closed, parliament and
the municipal council have adjourned
and flags are at half mast In every
city, town And village of the kingdom.
Cnder the constitution, affairs ot
the nation the in the control of the
cabinet until Prnce Albert will take
the oath of succession next Thurs
day, the day afttr the funeral of his
uncle.
An official decree lauds King Leo
pold's career and declares his cre
ation of the Congo Independent state
1 was unique In history.
I "Posteritv. will Judge Leopold a
great king with a grand reign." it
says.
The body of Leopold remains in the
'mortuary chamber of "The Palms."
Tomorrow night It will be removed
i to the palace in Brussels. The face
f of tin dead ruler will not be again
exposed to public view.
The filing of the will of King Leo
pold shows that he divided J3.OU0.O00
bit-cn bis three daughter, Princess
Louise, princess Stephanin and Prin
cess Clementine. This practical dis
inheritance of his children signalizes
the beginning of a gigantic legal battle
to obtain the king's wealth, similar to
that which ensued on the death
their mother. Queen Henrietta.
Exact Fortune Not Known.
of
The exact amount of Leopold's for
tune nrobahlv never will be revealed
Senator Winer, the kind's friend
i nn nfirleiiti.il leeral adviser, told the
-
newspapers today mot is. ng ieo
l.ohi turned over a huge portion of
it to the Baroness Vaughan and her
t'niidren and created a stock company
oi his estates to forestall a possible
raid upon it by the Princess Louise
and Stephanie or their children.
Senator Winer slid that later per
haps large portions of the estate
would he given to Belgium. The
Princess CIcTncntlnc, nslde from be
quests she will receive is provided
, for by a special
income from Congo
, property.
Investigation shows that the right
! of the succession to the throne of a
child of the king by the Baroness
Vaughan Is not worthy of serious nt
itVntl'on. IT ; pointed out by Senator
' Winer that if there were only ,1 re
' ligious ceremony, laws of the king
I dom would prevent the accession ot
a child of such a union. The sen-i-.itor.
however, does not believe there
was ever n religious marriage. It
it is established that the Raroness
I Vaughan is of foreign birth she prob
ably will be expelled from Belgium,
like the favorite of Ieopold I. the
l Baroness Mayer, whose
house was at-
lacked and destroyed
by a mob after
the king's death.
Under the Belgian law n parent is
not permitted to bequeath more than
quarter of his belongings away from
great Improvements made in build
ings and school rooms. By th s time
last year the number of truancy
cases reported was near n hundred
while til s year truancy cases have
only beep reported from 11 of the
100 districts.
In the improvement line, school
buildings hue been painted and ro
papqrod. school room furnishings
have been increased and flags are
f yiprr daily from nearly every mast
head Last year the number of flags
flyinjr in the country distr cts was ex
ceedingly small.
Superintendent Welles also says
thru the registration and percentage
of daily attendance Is also much bet
ter than It has ever been before.
while the length of terms Is much
greater and the class of teachers em
ployed Is on the whole much higher.
Altogether the superintendent finds
mu
h lor congratulation.
j his children and reports are current
tonight that counsel for Princess
Louise has made the first move to
ward a legal contest.
The court of first instance granted
an injunction last night sought by the
Baroness Vaughan, restraining the au
thorities from affixing seals on her
residence. The action of Princess
Louise in attempting to have the seals
affixed is duo to her belief that val
uable property belonging to King
Leopold Is in the villa of the baroness.
SUGAR CRININALS WILL
BE SENTENCED JAN. 18
New York, Dec. 18. The sentenc
ing of the five sugar trust employes
convicted last night of crlninal con
spiracy to defraud the government
in connection with the weighing of
sugar importations was deferred to
day by Judge Martin until January
18. Under the Indictments the men
stand convicted on two counts, the
maximum punishment for each of
which is Imprisonment for two years
and a fine of five thousand dollars.
Four checkers, John R. Coyle, Thom
as Kehoe. Edward A. Boyle and Pat
rick J. Hennesey were released upon
J2500 bonds each. The ball of Oliver
Spltzger, the dock superintendent, was
Increased to $10,000.
LOCAL NIGHI SLEUTH
A SHERLOCK HOLMES
JOHN KEARNEY IS A
CHAMPION BURGLAR CATCHER
Throe of His Victims Now Languish
in Rastile I -and Man Last Night
Who Apfwopriatrd Various Articles
Took Half an Hour to Turn the
Trick.
Night officer John Kearney is prov
ing to be a veritable terror to bur
glars and the number of men now con
fined in the county jail as the result
of the ju-owess displayed by him dur
ing the past few weeks has been in
creased to three. The third man was
ti ken in last night and he answers to
the name of Earl Smith.
It seems that Smith had stolen a
suit of clothes and a sheepshearing
machine from, the room of another
man and had disposed of them at the
Rowley second hand shop on West
Webb street. In less than half an
hour after Kearney was put on the
fellow's trail he was lodged in the
I . ity jail. He was arraigned before
i Justice of the Peace Joe H. Parkes.
this afternoon and held over to the
grand jury, under $250 bonds.
.'ot being able to furnish this am
ount of money he is being held at the
county jail with the two other men
Kearney captured a few weeks ago
while in the act of breaking into the
Br nd Brothers store. All three are
transients.
YOUNti 7.1 LAVA'S I UTTERS
THROB WITH TROPIC PASSION
New York. Seventeii letters full of
picturesque expressions of trop'cal
love constluted part of the evidence
introduced at the trial of Miss Eliza
beth Juliette Hero's breach of prom
ise suit against Pr, Anibel Zelaya,
"n phew of President Zelaya of Nica
lagua. The plaintiff said she had
chosen these from a bundle of glow
ng epistles she bad received from
Young Zelaya when he wooed her
w hile attending Columb.a University. great enthusasm over such a consoll
Miss Hero is suing for ( 100,000. I elation. It would mean that Mexico
Zelaya's counsel is trying to prove j could exercise a far greater Influ
that Miss Hero accepted the atten- j once over such a group and that the
lions of others after Zolaya ceased j United Slates would lose prest'ge. The
his courtship, about two years ago. close alliance of the Latin-American
When Miss Hero ttTok the stand she raP0 would bring such a situation
hotly denied, that she had ever gone
to a dance with another young Latin
Amer can physician. Zelaya's fr.ends.
I and would not even
admit she
had
pl.iyi
d checkers w ith mm.
"I never Loved anyone else, sue in
sisted. She told how she had purchased u
trousseau two and a half years ago.
... . I lv,l
i expecting sue s.i.o, u env... .......
I E.-l.iya w ith n a month.
The defense later turned the taiucs
on Miss Hero by producing letters
whiih they said she bad written re
cently to another admirer. One be
gan: "My dear, dear Eugene." and
said:
I want to be true, especially to
one I love so dearly I want to share
your sorrows as well as your joys and
want to strive to make you ahrpy."
PXDERF.WSKI STORMS AT
PHONOGRAPH FIEND
London. "If 1 had had a pistol I
would have shot you,' 'thundered
P.ihcrewski. in his- reiir ng room, to
a crestfallen phonograph fiend, who
was caught ret handed at Belfast
Philharmonic society's concert, in the
act of attempting to take records of
his playing In Ulster hall.
The famous pianist stopped dead in
the middle of his best selection and
directed the attendants to Investigate
the cause of the annoyance. They
proceeded to tho back of tho hall, and
after a few minutes' watching, se
cured the offender, who had ensconc
ed himself in the niche beside one of
the doors.
i
PLAN 0 FORM
,S.
Believed Confederation Cen
tral American Republics Is
Being Planned.
MEXICO IS FATHER
OF THE NEW SCHEME
State Department Learns on Good
Authority That Southern Neighbor
Is Secretly Engineering Denl With
That End In View Dr. Liils An
derson Leaves Washington Hur
rleilly for Carlago and Departure
I" Considered Significant.
Washington, Dec. 18. Plana are
afoot, it is believed, for the consum
mation of a confederation of the Cen
tral American republics. Proof of
this is offered to the minds of Cen
tral American diplomats here In tha .
sudden disappearance of Dr. Lula
Anderson.
Dr. Anderson was here as special
representative of Costa Rica and waa.
the cand date of Mexico for president
of the proposed -"United States of -Central
America."
He left on receipt of a telegram and
it was learned that his destination la .
Cartago. Before going he held an
interview with Senor Creel, former
Mexican ambassador to the United
States, and now here as a sped j. en
voy of Mexico In the exist'ng triole
in Nicaragua.
Central American diplomats fear
there may be a conflagration while
now there Is only a blaze. In such
ease the governments most interest
ed in the various countries would in
terfere, with the result that chaos
would ei.3ue and new organization
would be necessary.
Has Mexico's Endorsement.
It is believed that Anderson hur
lied south in anticipation of such an
eventuality. He has the endorsement
of Mexico, the most . powerful near
neighbor of Central America, and
holds the confidence of at least two
other states on the isthmus.
Jn the event tlie affairs reached a
crisis demanding consolidat on. he
would be on the ground and ready to
step into the breach.
Friends of Dr. Anderson insist that
he has gone to San Jose merely to at
tend a meeting of the International
Society of Sanitation and to visit his
family. This, others declare. ;s a
clever blind. They maintain that Dr.
Anders. in's plans were not' changed
until It was learned that Zelaya's ab
dication was inevitable. Then follow
ed the hurried Interview with Senor
Creel and the Journey.
The Mexican government is com
mitted to the amnlgamat on of the
five fiery little republics on the isth
mus. .enor Enrique Creel has de
clared that his government would like
to see such a consolidation, though
qualify'ng the declaration by saying
that he did not believe the time ripe
for such a transformation
United States Not Enthusiastic.
Although the Un.ted States has been
deliberately and studiously shying at
the subject, it is understood that this
government would not entertain any
about.
The state department disclaims all
knowledge of the movements of Dr.
i Anderson or of his object in going to
I Costa Rica.
STOLEN BOOTY LOCATED
THROUGH A DREAM
London. Wearied out by his search
for a quantity of silver stolen from a
Monmouthshire villa, a sergeant of
police fell asleep and dreamed twice
of finding the lost property beneath
a, flagstone. He got up, and went
rtralght to the place where the honty
had been secreted, and drew the
whole of it from its hiding place.
Such Is the story recalled by the
d. nth at Cardiff of J. G. Benfield.
w ho is well .remembered in Mon
mouthshire as a sergeant in the coun
ty constabulary. He afterwards be
came a reta'ner of Lord Tredegar.
COOK'S RECORDS SHOW
NO PROOF OF CLAIMS
7.
Copenhagen,
reported today
thority that tho
University of (
Pec. IS. It is
upon higii tui
conuniitco id' the
Vponhagen lu a
preliminary
records fa lb
examination of his
d to discover proof
that Dr. Frederick A.
reached the north pop-,
committee has not eompl"
investigation.
I'lmk
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