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TH MORNING OEEGONIAN, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1906. OFFICERS DRAWN iN Connection With Brownsville Shooting May Need Explanation. NEGRO RACE INDIGNANT DiKJnarjte of Blafk Companies Sub . jended Awaiting Koosvelt'6 Or ders Oliver fcays They Are Shielding Murderers. WASHiyGTOX, Nov 1? Acting under orders of Secretary Taft, Major-General Alnsworth. the military secretary, has directed that further discharges of the men of the three negro companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, on account of the shooting at Brownsville, Texas, he sus pended pending: further orders. The ac tion, it is said tonight, is In order to await the return of Mr. Taft to Washing ton tomorrow and is pending further ad vices from President, Roosevelt, who has been communicated 'with on the subject. The War Department ha been del uged with protests against the order di recting the discharge of the three com panies. It Is reported tonight that a further Investigation will he made and certain officers may be called on for an explanation in connection with the move ments of these men at the tJme the Brownsville incident occurred. "The three companies of the Twenty fifth Infantry were ordered discharged because It is not safe to have them in the Army. Thev cannot be trusted, and for the protection of the public, and the pres ervation of the discipline of the Army their dlscharee is necessary." Acting Secretarv Oliver of the War Department said tdav. "The idea seems to prevail that the men were ordered discharged because they re fused to tell on their companions and be cause they are black. Nothing could be further from the truth. These soldiers shot up a town. All of them refuse to tell anything about the disgraceful affair at Brownsville, which resulted in murder. The. companies are shielding murderers. There are men in the companies who are criminals of the worst type. Every effort jvfsible has been made by the War De partment to find the guilty men, but with out avail. If these companies were per mitted to remain in the service and were to shoot up another town and again endanger the lives of citizens, the War Department would he In an indefensible position "It is impossible to cour-tmartial each of the men in these companies, for a charge cannot be preferred against every one of the members of the companies. The Government has no means of punish ing the criminals except to discharge all the men " FIRST NEGROES DISCHARGED Paying Off of Xegro Troops Begins at Fort Reno. KUHOMA CITY. Okla.. Nov. 1? "The niv-r discharses of the colored troops at Fort Reno were made today, when 2i soldiers were paid off and given trans portation to their homes. Twenty-five or "1 men will be discharged each day as the rolls are completed, until all are discharged. gro Churches Roast Roosevelt. NEW TORK. Nov. 11 President Roose velt was arraigned yesteruay from the pulpit of Africo-Amerlcan churches in this city for his order dismissing without honor three companies of negro soldiers from the Twenty-fifth United States In fantry. These resolutions were adopted: "That the action of the President of the United States is most heartily disap proved by us, so much the more because of the high regard we have hitherto cherished for him." NO MORE CHURCH RIOTING French Inventory Resumed Without Trouble) Troops Are Ready. PARIS. Nov. 19. The taking of the in ventories of the churches which were not entered last Spring, owing to resistance and disorders, was begun today. Troops everywhere were held in readiness to support the Prefects. The first resistance was at Villelongue de la Salangue. The inventory of the Church of St Au pustine was taken at a late hour this afternoon without a repetition of the vio lent, demonstrations of last Spring, when this church was occupied and held by the determined body of parishioners. Several priest and wardens assisted the govern ment commissioners in the operation to day. The doors of the edifice were barred and a party of 30 persons who were at tending a baptism were turned out. The clergyman conducting the baptismal ceremony protested against the action of the commissioners and refused to hand over the books. The officials then burst open the safe, secured the registers and other documents, completed their Inventors- and retired They met with no re fcisUTice St. Augustine's Is the last church in Paris In which an Inventory will have to be made Reports from other parts of the country show that few inventories were taken to day and that there was no trouble. TRIES TO INVOLVE AMERICA Leopold Grants American Company Big Concession in Congo. ANTWERP. Belgium. Nov. 19 A royal decree issued today grants to an American company, for rubber and other exploita tion, about t.vn.iwv) acres in the Congo ;tate for firt years The concession in cludes a strip of more than 13 miles on the left bank of the Congo to the Youmbl River, a strip south of Kasal to the con fluence of the Congo and Kasai Rivers, and a ten-year option on 1.3.V,Vi0 acres. The press generally regards the con cession as a clever move of the Congo Government to involve the United States in any future international complications which may arise owing to the conduct of affairs of the independent state. THREATEN TO BLOW UP POPE Anarchists Write to Pius. Who Treasures Relic of Explosion. ROME, Nov. 19. The Pope has re ceived personal letters containing' threats that he will be assassinated in the apostolic palace as a protest against the present organization of so ciety. The anarchists, it is added, are ready to employ every means to de stroy all institutions supported by re ligion or by military force. The Pope has kept one of the nails which formed . the charge of the bomb exploded yesterday in St. Peter's as a INTOTHESCANDAL souvenir of the explosion. Many messages expressing indignation at the outrage have been received by .the Pontiff. DANISH RULERS VISIT KAISER Berlin Turns Out En Ma&se to Greet Frederick and Louise. BERLIN". Nov.' 19. King Frederick and Queen Louise of Denmark arrived today from Copenhagen, paying their first of ficial visit since their ascension to the throne. Their majesties were - welcomed at the railroad station by Emperor Wil liam and Empress Auguste Victoria. The streets through which the royal party passed were guarded by the whole of the garrison of Berlin, a special act of courtesy on the part of the Emperor. A Eureomaster welcomed the visitors at the "Brandenburg gate, the King reply ing to the civic address with & speech. The third carriage of the royal proces sion contained the Danis-h Minister for Foreign Affairs. Count Babeh Levetzau, and Countess Levetzau (formerly Miss Moulton. of Boston), who carried her right arm in a sling, the bones of her hand having been broken when she was thrown from her horse at Copenhagen Friday last. The Countess was specially included in the Emperor's Invitation. The Danish King and Queen will leave Berlin Tuesday night. LAGANA SATS HIS ARM DID IT Anarchist Who Stabbed Rossi Cap tured at Naples. NAPLES. Nov. 19. The anarchist, La gana, who stabbed and killed Professor Olovanni Rossi, of the University of Naple3, in this city last Saturday night, has been arrested. The man had dis guised himself and had shaved off his moustache, his eyebrows and even his hair. When questioned Lagana. showed no signs of repentence, declaring: "I am not guilty, for it. was my arm tliat committed this crime " The funeral of Slgnor Rossi was held today and passed without Incident. PROSECUTE POLISH STRIKERS Prussia Embitters. People by Dis missing Polish School Directors.. BRESTAU. Prussia. Nov. 19 One hun dred and sixty prosecutions resulting from the Polish schools strike are pending in the courts of Posen. I.issa. Osterowo. BTomberg and Gnesen. The controversy has been more embittered by the authori ties dismissing all Poles from the honor ary school- boards. Semi-official figures now give the number of recalcitrants at 4S,orx. Test of Autos for Army Use. PARIS, Nov. 19 Auto wagons carrying weights varying from 4'W to 12.0W pounds left the Tuilieries at minute intervals to day in a race to Marseilles and return. The test is to determine the usefulness of heavyweight automobile cars for war purposes. INDICTMENT AGAINST OFFICERS OF AETNA BANK. Clements. Hoag and McCormick Ac cused of Bunkoing Recorder to Charter Fake Concerns. WASHINGTON. Nov.- 1? -The grand jury of the District of Columbia, today returned an indictment against Abner B. Clements. ex-cashier of the Aetna Banking 4 Trust Company, of Butte. Mont ; John J". Hoag, assistant cashier of the same institution, in charge of the Washington branch, and Evelfth W. Mc Cormick, of this city, for conspiracy. A separate indictment charging false pre tenses was returned against John T. Hoag only. The indictment charges conspiracy by unlawfully procuring in the District of Columbia . charters for corporations and obtaining charters in the Unites States by false pretenses. The grand jury ig nored charges against R. S. Donaldson and Miss B. E. T. Kretchmann, of this city, who were arrested In connection with the same general charge. The indictment against Clements. Hoag and McCormick is that, whenever Mc Cormick, who. it Is alleged, is in the business of organizing corporations, de sired to file with the recorder of deeds a certificate of organization of any com pany and it became necessary for him to prove to the recorder that 10 per cent of the capital stock had been actually paid. Hoag. the assistant cashier of the Aetna Banking Company, would jive McCormick an alleged false certificate that there was then on deposit with that bank a sum equal to 1 per cent of the capital stock of the proposed company. It is then al leged that aicCormlck would exhibit this certificate of deposit to tne recorder of deeds as evidence that the provision of the law had been complied with. when, it is alleged, as a matter of fact, no money had been deposited by McCormick or his associates. Among the overt acts set iort.h in the indictment are letters passing between the men whicn embody the al leged plan formed by the defendants. PROTECTORATE IN CUBA Members of Liberal Party Will Peti tion President and Congress. NEW TORK. Nov. 13. Prominent mem bers of the Liberal party in Cuba., accord- j ing to Captain Cassilly Cook, a lawyer oi tnis city, wno says ne is counsel nere for certain Liberal Interests, have a plan afoot for the establishment of a perma nent protectorate in Cuba by the Ameri can Government. They are. he says, sup ported by the foreign interests of that country and purpose to petition the Pres ident and Congress early in January to pass a bill making Cuba a protectorate. Another bill is to be presented in the Cu ban Congress for the same purpose. Cap tain Cook declared yesterday In an Inter view that bills to this end have already been drawn and forwarded to Cuba for the approval of those interested. MILLION FOR PEACE PLAN Bartholdt Goes to Discuss Gift With Carnegie. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 19. Congressman Richard Bartholdt left St. Louis today for New York, at the invitation of Andrew- Carnegie, -who has promised to turn over to him $1.-"00.000 to be used in furthering the propaganda for in ternational peace. Before Mr. Bar tholdt started for New York he told several friends of the plan and ex pressed hopefulness as to the result of the work. Only the income of the fund will be utilized. This income will amount to $41,000 or J50.000 a year. It will be expended in an effort to direct public information in favor of arbitration as a means of settling disputes between nations. PILES fCREU IN TO 1 "TATS. PAZO OINTMENT 1 guaranteed to cure any ca of Itching. Blind. Bleedlrut or Protruding Piles In 6 to 14 day or money nruwfeil floo. SHOUTS-THE BOSS President Reorganizes Canal Administration. ABOLISHES ZONE GOVERNOR Creates Serven Departments With Shonts Supreme Over All and Stevens Second Three Com missioners to Retire. WASHINGTON. Nov. 19 An order signed on the Isthmus of Panama by President Roosevelt, making xedical changes in the organization of affairs in the government of the canal zone, was made public today at the office of the commission. The effect of the order Is to place the canal work arid the govern ment of the zone under the direction of Chairman Shonts, aided by chiefs of bureaus, who will report directly to the commission, thus eliminating the of fice of Governor. The order gives to Chairman Shonts su preme authority over all departments. It reorganizes the entire workings of the Commission in connection with the Pres ident's views of controlling the situa tion under his plan to press the excava tion as rapidly as possible. The executive committee tit three members, each the head of a department, has been abolished and in its stead seven departments are created, and the chief of each will report and Teceive instructions from the chair man of the committee. These depart ments will be under the direction of John F. Stevens, chief engineer; Richard R Rodgers, general counsel: William C. Gorgas. chief eanitary officer: D. W. Ross, chief purchasing officer; E. S. Ben son, general auditor: J. William, dis bursing officer, and Jackson Smith, man ager of labor and quarters. Ths President will fake up the question of the appointment of a new Commission on his return to Washington. Messrs. Stevens, Rodgers and Gorgas will be mem bers. At present the Commissioners are Messrs. Shontsi. Stevens,1. Rear-Admiral Endicott. B. M. Harrod and Brigadier General Haines. There are two vacan cies. It is said that Messrs. Endicott, Harrod and Haines are slated to retire. Mr. Stevens will be second in authority and will act m Mr. Shonts' absence. The general counsel will exercise the authority heretofore invested in the Gov ernor of the zone. PUYALLUPS MUST PAY TAXES Supreme Court Says Land in Several ty Is Subject to Levy. WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. Whether local state authorities can tax the land of an Indian held in severalty, in the ab sence of explicit legislation giving such authority, was considered by the Supreme Court of the United States in an opinion handed down today in the case of James Gowdy against the Assessor of Pierce County. Washington Gowdy Is a Puyal lup Indian and holds lands granted to him in severalty, with a provision in nis pat ent, from the Government which exempted the property from "sale, levy or forfeit ure." while Washington' should remain a territory. nd afterwards, unless the state Legislature should provide otherwise. After the admission of the state a law authorizing, in general terms, the "alien ation" of Indian-held lands was passed, but the Indian objected that the anti-levy feature of his patent had not been re moved by the enactment, and the Gowdy suit was instituted. The state courts held against, him. and their finding was in dorsed bv today's decision. The opinion was delivered by Justice Brewer, who said that the fact that Gowdy had become a citizen of the United States, as he had done, by accepting land in severalty, had made him amenable to the tax laws. He also said that the act of the State Legis lature covers tax levies as well as sales. DEFENSE OF BRITISH DRAMA Eeerbohm Tree Replies Angrily to Jones' Criticism. LONDON. Nov. 19. The Duke of Argyle presided at a dinner at the Hotel Cecil last night to celebrate the passage of Mr. O'Connor's music play wright act. There was a notable com pany of more than 200 persons pres ent. Including several members of the House of Lurds and House of Com mons and representatives of all branches of the musical profession and of literature and the drama. All the speakers praised Mr. O'Connor's energy and skill in pushing a measure that will prove beneficial to the musicians of all lands whose works for so Ions have been praised in the United King dom. An interesting incident of the eve ning was Beerbohm Tree's reference to Henry Arthur Jones- pessimistic utterance on the British drama in New York November lo. "With all respect to Mr. Jones," said Mr. Tree. "I feel that on this subject he talked arrant nonsense. If Mr. Jones could devote some of the wondrous energy wnich he expends at present in attacking con temporaries to writing a new play he would outshine his previous master pieces. " Mr. Tree said Mr. Jones took a less despondent view of the position on the other side of the Atlantic, adding: "But then, he Is on the other side of the Atlantic, and there is always a temptation to unfurl the star-spangled banner." Appended are the remarks of Henry Arthur Jones, which caused Actor Tree to reply to his attack on the British drama. Jones said Oxford would al low nothing but dead ideas , to enter its gates. 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