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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1912)
PACKERS MOTIVE TO PREVENT GLUTS I I III ll Witness Who Denies Fixing of Prices Is Disappointment to Prosecution. Will nrS-ri5r nTlt3i 4- Will rzz. COST SHEETS EXCHANGED Another Witness Adnilu That Price Wit Discussed Meetings of Pool mad Business Was Al lotted to Member. CHICAGO. Jen. 3. W. D. Miles, gen eral manage for th Armour Packing Company of Kansas City from 10 HOI. testified today In the trial of tba 19 Chicago, packer charged wHh rlmlnel Tlolatlon of tha Sherman law that the old packers' pools were organ lien! to prevent tha glutting of tin market with fresh meat and that there always via active competition between lh member In all part of the country. lie, followed Henry Veeder on the stand and was the third wltoess called by the Government. Although Miles has srlven testimony aaalnst the packers before Federal (raid Juries, he proved an unwilling wltrveos today and counsel for the Gov eminent made no effort to conceal their disappointment at his guarded ansmers. frelt-r'Iaarlm Syatea KsplaiaeeV The witness gave an elaborate de scription of tho uniform teet system used by the packers and explained the method of figuring margin profits. He brought out for the first time that there was a "black teet cost and a "red teet cost" used In the book-keeDina- of tho Armour Packing; Com pany, tha former being used as the flat price r the animal ine jatier n rludlng freight and other items of ex- tmlrne The Government contends that the "red" test cost was aecretly use4 by the combination In the fixing of tba prl- of meat. Miles told of attending the meetings of the packers' pool In a downtown ofrlce building, but he would not ad mit that the members Axed the prlt-e of fresh meat at these sessions. He said that reports of shipments ex pressed and tha average price and margin profit earned for the previous week's business were received and shipments for tha curent week were regulated at the meeting of the pool. Reeerda SarsirtM Wlfes Henry Veeder. who continued Ma testimony of yesterday, explained hla failure to produce documentary evi dence by saying that all records of the old packers' pools had been destroyed, so far as be knows. When confronted with letters sent not by the packers, referring- to the shipment and price of fresh meat In periods In which, he said, there was no pool In sxlstence. the witness ap parently grew nervous, but declined to deny the genuineness of tha docu ments. "I would not say whether those let ters were or were not sent eut from my office. Veetler said. The witness testified that the price of meat was discussed at meetings of the packers where he arted aa secre tary, tl at Instructions were sent out from his ofrw-e regarding the uniform srsteni of figuring tha coat of alaugh tered animals, based on instructions received from the packers at the week ly meetings. The wltnesa also gave from memory the percentages nsed tn the distribu tion of business In territory "A" under tln packers' agreement of 1898. as fol lows: Armour aV Co.. 11.50: Armour Pack ing Company. 6.60: Cudahy 4: Co, : . H. Hammond A Co.. IS. SO; Morris & .. 14: rVhwarxrhlld at Sulzberger. 1.0: swift A Co, at He said other percentages were nsed In other territories. The basis on which this system of calculation waa flcured. he said, was known as tha maximum weight method. Price Fists Deated. on cross-examination Veeder flatly ttonled the government's contention that the old packers' pool between 131 and 1902 attempted to fix the price of fresh meats or the price to be paid for livestock. He declared the only eb)ect of the comb. nation was to regulate :h amount of fresh meat to be shipped into different markets. The witness said that each of tne asrevmenls made by the packers in the period described contained a provision that no effort should be made to fix prices. The defense also brought out that tinder the agreement each member of the combination frequently over- htpped t'te maximum percentage al lowed. The objert of this waa to re fute the charue that the operation of the combination had the effect of re straining the trade In fresh meats. The wttnees said the meetings of the packers held on the sixth floor of the Counselman building aner naa nothing tn do with the shipment of freah meat to any part of the United states. The witness said all the packers' agreements were for definite terms. with a provision for cancellation on SO days' notice. SOUTH BEND IS ROYAL HOST Governor Hay and Party Knjoy Ball at Commercial Club. SOITH BEND, Wash.. Jan. S. (Spe cial.) Governor and Mrs. Hay and Miss Mounts, daughter of Supreme Judge Mounts, of Olympla. were guests of honor at a brilliant .-sow tears reception and ball held In the new Commercial Club building nere iion day night. The Governor's party ar rived on the early afternoon train and was met by a reception committee of cltisen and autoed over tne newiy paved streets to the borne of Mayor and Mra. George R. Cartler. where they were dinner and house guests dnrlnr their brief stay In this city. in the evening they occupied pieces of honor at the reception and ball. Governor Hay responded to the ad- dreaa of welcome delivered by ex-Sena-tor John T. Welsh, and lauded the South Bend Club home as tha finest Individual Commercial Clnb home la the state. He dwelt upon the future cf this resourceful county and city, and predicted great progre-a for Wll lapa Harbor aa soon aa tbe Panama Canal Is completed. The clubhouse was brilliantly lighted and decorated for the occasion in the greenery of the holldsy season. Fully lilt couples participated In the recep tion and ball. South Bends clubhouse cost with the site tli.OOO. and occupies a stately site. SarttUfetaHua 11 K ri r5H3 Jfm e T e S 1 MANCHUS ORDERED 10 QUELL MUTINY Rebellious Imperials to Be At tacked Promptly Unless They Surrender. SZE-CHUEN IN DISORDER Republican Commander Apologises for Breaking or Armistice, and Dismisses Coloivers Cash Aid Imperial Cause. K-CGK rOR IMPERIAL FAMII.T TO BS rKErARBIX H Alt BIS". Jan. I. The commander ef tbe imperial troops at Zekhe, Mongolia, has received 100.000 taels and Instructions te prepare a resi dents for tha Emperor aad other members of the royal family and to organise a Mongolia bodyguard. a..eesiiseeeeee PEKIN. Jan. 1. Three thousand Im perial Manchu troops, drawn from the garrison of Pao Ting Fn and 6blh .Wang Tao, have been ordered to Chln-warur-tao and Lanchow to at tack the mutineers there If they do not submit. Chao Erh-Feng. formerly Viceroy of the Province of fxe-chuen. with a force of Manchu soldiers from Tibet, ha recaptured Chang-tun. the capital. Kerlous disturbance, however, con tinue throughout the province. All for eigners are reported to have left the Cltv of Chung King. The railroad authorities at Tien tsin, fearing an attack by the rebel troop, have uspended the Siberian mall trains. Imapatleat Celoaela Dtasslaaea. General LI Yuen lleng, commander of the rebel troop, who has been made vlce-presMsnt of the provisional republic, has apologised to the Imperial authorities for the violation of the armistice at Hankow and has dis missed two Colonels who were respon sible for It. The Viceroy of the Province of Hu peh has Informed the revolutionary leaders that 1000 railroad car will be needed to remove the Imperial troops from their positions and that only 50 cars are available. The troops there fore cannot carry out the proposed evacuation in less than a fortnight. General Ll Yuen Hen has approved a special agreement to meet this diffi culty and Is arranging for the revolu tionary troopa to undertake the polic ing of the evacuated district. Mewey Revive t'eatdeace. Confidence continue to revive among adherent of the Imperial court, largely owing to tho transfer of 0. 000 ounces of gold bar from the im perial purse Into the hands of Premier Tuan Shi Kal yesterday. rumor Is current tonight that fighting will be resumed soon. Pre mier Yuan Shi Kal has not received ny reply from Vr. Wu Ting Fsng at Shanghai, whom he Informed that he would tn the future carry on negotia 1 ioV;e9 on tne t r t ' . . h Croche, J-- A tMB! WLACESn Clny. " Meek tion by telegraph. It Is understood the republicans object to negotiating by wire. The Imperial delegates who have re turned here from Shanghai say a reign of terror prevails In that city. No one dare venture an opinion In fa- vnr of a constitutional uiui.-.w.j. tnM Thubn Promised. In quarter closely connected with tlie Imperial government it is te- 1 ImnnHitll TirOVlnCCS Of llU- peh and Hu-nan are dissatisfied with the forelgn-taugnt element dominating affairs at Shanghai. The hope exists In these quarters that those provinces soon will revert to the Idea of a constitutional monarchy. If Yuan Shi Kal makes satisfactory progress this month In his attempts to suppress the rebellion, more treas- in V. A.k.nmlne from tha CO I - ura win w fer of the Manchu prince and the Im perial court BANK SYSTEM SUCCESS POSTAIi DEPOSITS OP FIFTY MILLION'S PREDICTED. Hitchcock Thinks Government Will Profit Extension to 40,000 Offices Is Planned. WASHINGTON. Jan. I. Theodore L. Weed, chief clerk ef the Postofflce Department, today was appointed di rector of the postal savings system at t;.ooo a year. Postmaster-Oeneral Hitchcock pre dicted today that before the end of the current fiscal year the postal savings deposits would exceed J50.000.000 and that the system not only would be self sustaining, but a source of profit to the Government. Already the deposits exceed J15.000.000. This sum Is dis tributed among 4000 National and state banks, where It Is protected by bonds deposited with the Treasurer of the United States. On January 1 the pos tal savings bonds Issued In lieu of de posits amounted to 4 16.920. Of the four Important offices that oponed for business on August 1. Chi cago, on November 30. the date of the last available statistics, led. with de posits of $5J7.M2. New York was sec ond with I4U.7S9; Boston third, with tUJ.464. and fit. Loul fourth, with 1 IS. 60S. The system has proved so notewor thy a success and is so cordially In dorsed by commercial Interests that preparations are now being made to establish It In about 40.000 fotirth-class postoffices that do a money order busi ness. Rolling Stock Condition Good. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. 3. (Spe cial.) A. W. Perley. of the State Rail road Commission, visited here yester day and today and Inspected about 125 cara and nine engines in the local rail road yards, and round no Daaiy aerec tlve rolling stork. Mr. Perley say that 1nce the commission has been op- I eratlng tho cara and other rolling ; stock of railroad companies In the Plate of Washington were never In bet ter condition than now. Oregon City Ctonplo Wed. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. S. (Spe- claD . naries n. .im nvi im uv 1 , trude Sykes, of Oregon City, secured a license to marry nere jramuw. They were accompanied by Albert M. McCormlck. Wright' Sample Shoe Shop has moved from the Oregonlan bldg. to the ground floor at 344 Washington street, between Second and Third. Same old price prevail. faaame . . ' 1 ,.,,0.10.1. regular $290 I. t. .nn Moha4tH raroevs a. V.pr"-" a . i.A i us A large varying se5oO rTTiftli .rris in linporxtu. fo . nicf? BafcyJ,,... Ta.- IQlUtnltO Baby i'OIi'tese nd M. t VVV-. .S ESS. and'eresses in Ma Collar ffl-TJ LOVE BETRAYS LAD Waiting to Meet Sweetheart, Youth Is Arrested. SUITOR BREAKS PAROLE Frank Cation Braves Officers of Law and Wrath of Socialist Mayor of Berkeley to Woo Letter's Daughter. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3. (Special.) Arrested when he was waiting to keep an sppointment with 18-year-old Vlolette Wilson, daughter of J. Stttt Wilson. Socialist Mayor of Berkeley. Frank Catton, son of Thomas Catton. a builder, has been sentenced to two years In the lone Reform School for breaking a Juvenile Court parole. Catton. who Is a temperamental youth of 19 year, met Miss Wilson when they were pupils at school and his Infatuation' for the girl has with stood a thrashing he received from the Mayor of Berkeley several months ago and other trials. When arrested he had with him a packet of 60 letters written to him by the girl, who de clares she will never gtve him up. Young Catton was convfeted In the Juvenile Court of Oakland of breaking Into the apartments of District Attor ney Carey and was paroled. Then he broke his parole and went to Vancou ver B. C, where he tried to forget his lonesomeness Dy writing to Miss Wil son. Impelled by his love for the girl. Catton eventually returned to Berke lev Mrs. Wilson said today: "I didn't ob ject to their attachment at first, but when the boy's constancy began to in terfere with my daughter's school work I Insisted that he remain away." TWO GUNS HOLD ALL AT BAY Touchet Man Sits on Doorstep .Threatening Death to Officers. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Pec. 3. (Special.) Two guns thrown across his lap, sitting on his doorstep, John Her man, of Touchet, Is awaiting the offi cers who are trying to arrest him. Deputy Sheriffs John Cummins and Lee Barnes are on the Job. but they have Instructions to wait for a chance to catch the man off his guard and avoid bloodshed. , Herman is wanted on the charge of 1 i. nnmnlalnt SWOTO tO by Charles J. Springer. Road Supervisor In the Touchet district. He Is alleged to be violently and dangerously insane Learning of the fact that he Is want, ed. he took hi shotgun and rifle, sat down on hi doorstep and announced he would kill the first man who ap proached him. Aa he Is said to have already shot two men. no one cares to doubt hi word. LUMBER IS CUT FOR JETTY Contractors Will Soon nave Work rndor Way at Florence, f FLORENCE. Or, Jan. S. (Special.) The -work of sawing lumber for use on Carpets r " Less ,sei aa goarw. - lri. Swiss Setapi Carpet price the Jetty here began at the Wendiing Johnson Lumber Company mill last week. L T. Johnson, of the Johnson- Anderson Company, wnicn nan mo in fract for the Jetty work, has been making preliminary arrangements and will return in a few days accompanied by Mr. Anderson. A quarry site will then be definitely decided on and prep arations made to get out rock for the north Jetty. Thomas G. Davidson, of Portland, who has the sub-contract for the construction of the tramway, arrived Friday and has begun his work. Bids for extension of the south Jetty are to be advertised for at once, and If the Johnson-Anderson Company suc ceeds in obtaining the contract, work will move forward on both sides at once. The Wendling-Johnson Lumber Com pany has under construction in a Cali fornia shipyard a boat intended espe cially for the Siuslaw trade. It will take some months to complete the ship, and the bar will probably be in splendid condition by the time she Is ready. BAIL WILL BE REDUCED ALASKA BANKER TO HAVE HIS HEARIXG TODAY. Federal Authorities at Fairbanks Agree That $317,00 0 Security Be Cut to $100,000. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 3. Technicali ties Involved In the arrest of Elbridge T. Barnette, the ex-banker of Fair banks. Alaska, by Federal authorities, served today to postpone Barnette's hearing until tomorrow morning, at which time his bail, originally fixed at $317,000, will be reduced to 3100,000. This reduction was agreed to by the authorities at Fairbanks, who cabled oday to the District Attorney here. Barnette was president of the Washington-Alaska Bank, of Fairbanks. i-hlch -went Into the hands of a re ceiver a year ago tomorrow. Two grand Juries Investigated the affairs of the bank, the latest one returning seven indictments against Barnette for embezzlement of an aggregate sum of 1317.000. Bail was fixed by the Alaska court at that sum. but after Barnette had given himself up to the Federal authorities here. United States Com missioner Vandyke released him on J3000 ball pending the arrival of copies of the Indictments, which were brought here this week by United States Mar shal Love, of Alaska CENTRALIA COUNCIL OUT Commissioners Will Take Hold of Government on January 9. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 3. (Spe cial ) The last meeting- of the City Council was held last night, the com mission form of government going Into effect on January 9. In the absence of Mayor Guerrier. who has left for California, Councilman S. C. Pvla presided at the final meeting. All of the city's business was placed In shape to turn over to the Incoming commis sion and reports were received from the heads of the various departments lnThe report of Chief of Police Frank Roberts showed that there were 100 arrests In Centralla during 1911 and 87 convictions In the Police Court. A total of $895.05 was collected tn fines. City Health Officer Madison re ported 14S births during the year and 134 deaths.- There were 91 cases of contagious disease. The death rate In Centralla was only .73 per cent. It be- V -aa vaciii - 1 1 1 J . jTk A : 1 Prtco 18 lar 09.S for " S490 L.. S!ri3aorf:io, S3SO $650. vaL, ISSX S. - Gelger to Head Tacoma Schools. TACOMA, Wash.. Jan. 3. (Special.) William F. Geiger, principal of the high school, was elected superintend ent of the Tacoma schools for three years by the Board of Education yes terday. His salary was made 14000 the first year, 14500 the second and J6000 the third. J. G. Collicott left yester- I ing the opinion of Madison that tnts is the lowest death rate In the state. Olga Steeb an Extraordinary Pianist BY EUGENE The extraordinary young pianist, Olga Steeb, of Los Angeles, gave a re cital in Hotel de Prusse, which showed many of her remarkable qualities at their best. Her programme had the Bach G minor fantasie and fugue, the Mozart pastorale variee, the Gluek- Salnt-aaens Aicesie capntc, ui Dowell "Tragica Sonata" and a Liszt group. Including the D flat etude, "Pe trarca sonetto," No. 123, and the fan tasie on Mendelssohn's "Midsummer Night's Dream" music. In this day of sensational virtuosos and splendid pi anistlc Ideals which permit nearly any talented artist to produce a beautiful tone at the piano, there must be some thing of blue blood in whoever can emerge from the crowd. Olga Steeb has the sign of blue blood In the clearness of her head, and the extraordinary in terpreting power which gives tyrann ical hold on the musical message she wishes to present. Her style is so noble and unaffected as actually to have aroused complaint that it was too simple too naive, as some called it. 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