THE MORNING " OREGON I AN, FRIDlCTp PRIC 28 ; 1905. -2 PUBLIC AFFAIRS ILL HIM President Cuts Short His Hunt ing Trip, and Will Return to Washington. NO PRESSING EMERGENCY Castro Ivccds a Dressing Down, and "Many Diplomatic Changes Are ImpendingPresident Leave Camp May 8. to WASHINGTON, April 27. Secretary xart, when made aware of the Presi dent's plan to leave Colorado on May , showed no surprise, for It was linown to him before the President left Wash lngrton that he was very doubtful of his ability to carry out his wish to remain in the hunting country until the middle of May. The President told Secretary Tart that he feared that he could not remain longer than May 8, and he con- eequently had formed an alternative .programme based on that belief. There is no pressing emergency here requiring tne Immediate presence of the President. All the facts relative to tne Venezuelan situation have been dis closed to the public and in the opinion of the officials here they do not justify any apprehension of a rupture in the immediate future. President Castro is making a tour of the Interior of "Ven ezuela in places Inaccessible to the tel egraph, and no instructions have been sent to Minister Bowen to make a fur ther presentment to the foreign office. It is admitted that, as far as Vene zuela is concerned, the issue merely has oeen posiponea. The State Depart raent by no means has abandoned its demand for a reference of the asphalt case to arbitration, and the form In which the next note must bo couched is regarded as of sufficient importance to warrant the personal attention of the President. There are also some routine but un important subjects relating to changes in high public offices in the diplomatic service which the President alone can direct, and, taken altogether, it is ad mitted by officials that, while no real emergency exists In the state of for eign relations, it would be better were the President to take up the direction of affairs personally a little earlier than he has planned. WILD OUT THE HUNT SHORT President Decides to Return and At tend to Urgent Business. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo., April 27. President Roosevelt will'break camp on May S, a week earlier than he Intended, and will start for Washington at once. The only stops he will make are at Den ver and Chicago, where dates for his re ception have been advanced to meet the new arrangement. '-,-v-t jlucu came irom me camp early today, where he conferred with the President all of yesterday. He announced upon reaching here that affairs in Wash ington made it necessary that the Prcsi dent curtail his trip. That there Is nothing alarminc in the situation is manifested from the fact that the hunt will be continued ten days more In spite of the condition of affairs which resulted in the altered plans. The Vene zuelan situation. It is believed here, re suited in the order to start home oi May 8. The party will leave Glenwood Springs at about 4 o'clock on May 8, reaching .Denver the same evening. After the ban quet there the party will spend the night on the train, which will leave Denver over the Union Pacific at about 7 A. M. May 9. There is much speculation here as to the President's reasons for advancing-the time of his departure from Colorado. Mr. Locb announces that there is no pressing business that requires the President's at tention, but there are a number of things coming up about the middle of the month m which ho is greatly interested. What theso are the secretary would not say. It was said also that there is nothing in the Venezuelan or Dominican situations that cannot be attended to by Secretary Taft. Hunters who are with the President be lieve ho has enough game to satisfy him and will have more than enough when camp is broken on May 7. They are sure of getting more bear and any. number of bobcats where they are, and next week they will move into another camp about 16 miles from Glenwood Springs. The President has taken a keen delight in his outing, and has been so successful that he will not be greatly disappointed in hav ing to shorten it. He will have Mr. Loeb with him a few days next week and per haps for a day in the present camp, be fore the West Divide country is left be hind. The guides have taken a great fancy to the secretary and have promised him a bear if he will come out and stay a few days. Of the six bears killed by the hunters thus far, the President has brought down three and Dr. Alexander Lambert the other three. Pour bears have been killed by temporary attaches of the party and near-by ranchmen. All of the hides were brought here and all will be mounted as rugs. It has been determined that the Presi dent and his hunting party will attend church services next Sunday in the little blue schoolhouse, three miles from the camp. TERROR OF COUNTRY KILLED One of President's Parfy Shoots Clubfoot, Famous Grizzly. NEWCASTLE, Colo., April 27. Clubfoot, a grizzly that has been a terror to small farmers and ranchmen for a number of ears, was killed last night by Fred Tol lens, a member of the President's party. It had been hoped by members of the" party that Mr. Roosevelt would get a chance at this bear, but the animal was overtaken by the dogs and was playing havoc with them when Tollens came up. To save the hounds he was compelled to kill-the. grizzly. The party started out early today, go- j ing up the: West Divide Creek. Secre tary Lroeb started back and will arrive at Glenwood Springs during the afternoon. HE DISCHARGES KNOWLES Alexander Punishes Equitable Agent. t Proceedings in Court. NEW YORK, April 27. H. H. Knowles was formally discharged from the Equi table Life Assurance Society today in a letter from President Alexander. Mr. Knowles was superintendent of agencies until a few weeks ago. when he was sus pended by the president. He has occu pied his offices in the Equitable building until today. Mr. Knowles was brought prominently into the Equitable contro versey during the meeting of agents in this city ten days ago. At that time he gave out an interview criticising Presi dent Alexander and Second Vice-President Tarbell, and subsequently made charges against the latter in the newspa pers. William Nelson Cromwell, who in pub lic print has been connected with policy holders' receivership proceedings against the Equitable Society, tonight issued the following statement: I consider a receivership, even I there were grounds for It, as destructive of the interests of policy-holders and stockholders alike; a public calamity and a deep wound to our National prestige abroad and at home. Consequently my firm .has not ac cepted and will not accept a retainer involv ing such, a step. The formal petition of James H. Hyde and others to intervene in the suit of Franklin B. Lord against the society was presented to Justice Maddox in the New York State Supreme Court in Brooklyn today. Counsel representing the society presented a motion that the lntervenors show cause why portions of their peti tions, which are alleged to reflect upon Mr. Alexander, should not be stricken out. The court accepted both motions. ANOTHER SUIT FOR RECEIVER FOUND OUT BY ' HIS BROTHER William - Bigelow Unwittingly Revealed Frank Bigelow's Many Crimes. TELEGRAM TOLD THE TALE Tragedy in -Ileal Ilfo Acted In Rev elation of Milwaukee Defalca tion TotaL of Bigelow's Debts Is $3,277,000. Baltimore Pollcy-HolderWants Hyde to Account for Funds. BALTIMORE. April 27. M. J. Fitzslm mons, a local policy-holder in the Equl table Life Assurance Society, today ap plied for the appointment of a re celver for the company in the United States District Court. The bill also asks that an accounting be had between the policy-holders and the directors and stockholders for the purpose of ascertain ing the surplus and profits, and the court is also asked to order a distribution of this sum among the policy-holders. An accounting is also asked of James H. Hyde, vice-president of the company, and the other officers for the purpose of finding out exaotly what portion of the company s assets uiey nave wrungimiy converted to their own use. A request is also made for the appointment of a tern porary receiver to take Immediate charge of the affairs of the company. Mr. FItzsImmons states In his bill of complaint that he holds three policies aggregating $50,000. He charges that J. w. Alexander, president of the company, and James li. Hyde are engaged in a con troversy over the management, which Is growing in Intensity and. which is prov ing detrimental to it and will ultimately be destructive to its business unless stopped. The wrangle over the company's affairs, it is alleged, places its assets in danger of being dissipated and squand ered, and a receiver is stated to be abso lutely necessary in order to protect the Interests of the policy-holders. Says Hyde Is Not Guilty. NEW YORK, April 27. Samuel Untcr meyer, counsel for James H. Hyde, today issued on behalf of Mr. Hyde a positive denial of the charge made by D. Lcrov Cassatt that Hyde was concerned in the shipbuilding promotion and attempted flotation. L00MIS SAYS IPS FALSE Denies Every Point of Charges Made Against Him. WASHINGTON, April 27. Absolute do nial of certain charges affecting his offl cial integrity while Minister to Caracas was made by Mr. Loomls, Acting Secre tary of State, in a statement given out by him tonight, in which lie says: "In view of certain charges affecting my official character published in tho New York Herald, April 26, and again re ferred to in that paper's issue of April 27, and otherwise widely circulated, I think it proper to make the following state ment: "Theso charges were in substance: "First That, while acting In my official capacity as United States Minister to Venezuela, I obtained considerable pecu niary benefit from the New York & Ber mudez Asphalt Company, and that a check showing the payment of 510,000 to me by that company 1? now in possession of President Castro. This charge ' Is an absolute falsehood. "The second charge made is that, while Minister to Venezuela, i purcnased a claim of 20,000 bolivars (54000) against the Venezuelan government, and then used my Influence as Minister to collect the full amount from the government. I never purchased or owned or had any Interest in any claim against the Vene zuelan government. "The third charge Is that I agreed with Mr. Meyers to use my influence to adjust an obligation to the amount of 510.000,000 for a consideration of one-seventh of that .sum, or nominally $1,00,000. The charge Is absolutely false." ALL WILL J5ET A SLICE Russian Warship Contracts Will Bo Divided Among Shipyards. BETHLEHEM, Pa., April 27. (Special.) Edward N. Mcllvalne, vlcSe-president of tho Bethlehem Steel Corporation and president of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany, whoso plant is located here and who is tho only authorized one in this country to talk for Charles M. Schwab, speaking tonight In regard to the reports from St. Petersburg, which announced that the Russian government has awarded to Mr. Schwab tho contract to construct many ships for tho new Russian navy, said: "I have not heard from Mr. Schwab regarding the contract which the news papers say has been awarded to him for battleships for the Russian navy. If the information is correct, the Bethlehem Steel Company would undoubtedly bo called upon to supply all of the ordnance, and probably as much of the armor-plate as It could manufacture. "If Mr. Schwab has the contract as re ported, undoubtedly all of the shipbuilding concerns In this country which arc1 capa ble of building ships of this enormous tonnage-would have to be called upon, as the yards controlled by the Bethlehem corporation could not complete such a programme within any reasonable time." Quick Vengeance on Murderer. ED PASO. Tex., April 27. Wash Park er, a farmer near Weed, Mexico was murdered for his money while returning from marketing wool, and a posse over took the murderer In the Sac Mountains and shot him to death. H proved to be Tom Gentry, a logging camn employe. Bryan Speaks in Grant's Honor. GALENA. HI.. Anril 27. William T Bryan made the principal address at exer cises here today commemoratlnc th. R3rf anniversary of the birth of General U. S. urant. xne exercises were held in Grant Park, which had been deeorrttArT fnr Vi occasion. CHICAGO, April 27. A special to the Dally News from Milwaukee says: "That William Bigelow, cashier of the rirst -National Bank; and brother of Frank G. Bigelow, defaulter, accidentally exposed Ills brother to the directors Is ac cepted In banking circles as the true ver sion of how the crime became known Saturday night. It seems that Frank G Bigelow was called out of town Saturday, and that the affairs of the bank were left in the hands of his brother. Saturday ' morning a xeiegram came, addressed to Bigelow, from a New York bank, stating that it was willing to take car of a draft for 550,000, even though the bank was already Indebted to the New York house for 5300.000. William Bigelow could not understand the matter, and was more puzzled when he discovered that the New York bank was charged In the books with being in debted" to the First National for 5200.000. He asked the bank to explain, and found that the telegram was correct. An ex amination of the books followed, and he found so many queer .things that he de cided not to wait for his brother to re turn, but to consult with Mr. Paster. They immediately suspected one of the cashiers of defaulting, and called a spe cial meeting of the directors. Frank G. Bigelow returned, but did not see his brother until he reached the bank in the evening to attend the meeting. "When the directors had assembled, William Bigelow told what he had dis covered, and stated that he had no idea of the amount taken nor who the criminal was. Thereupon hfs brother arose and made the startling disclosure that he was a defaulter for nearly 51,500,000." DEBTS EXCEED THREE MILLION Every Day Adds to Extent of Bigc low's Troubles. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 27. The re vised schedule of Frank G. Bicelow's petition In voluntary bankruptcy shows a total liability of 53.227,000, of which 51.- Sib.OOO Is wholly or in part secured. Of the remainder 51,110,000 is a secondary lia bility on notes and bill discounted, inj. wnich Blgolow figures as indorser. These Items arc notes of the National Electric Company, the Grand Rapids Edi son Company and S. W. Watkins and are evidently connected with the financing of the National Electric Company. The balance, 5192,000, represents unsecured loans, the largest one being a debt of 5100,000 to the Brodhead estate, .of which Bigelow was executor. The assets are estimated at 51,SiD.S0O, against which a homestead exemption of JSO00 is placed. The rest of the assets consist chiefly of stocks in various Indus trial and other enterprises and 1600 acres of coal land in Huerfano County, Colo rado, valued at 5100.000. The schedule shows that he has no cash on hand. Particularly noticeable, upon examina tion of the schedule of secured creditors, is that nearly every bank from which Bigelow borrowed money exacted ample sscurlty before the loans were negotiated. Under the bankruptcy law the turning over by Bigelow of 5300.000 worth of prop erty as a restitutionary measure to the bank is null and void, the transfer having been mado within four months of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy. This, however, .will not affect the bank, the directors ha'ing more than made up the entire deficiency caused by the defalca tions, of the president. Late to'day Judge Landis appointed the Wisconsin Trust & Securities Company receiver of the bankrupt estate. This action was taken today because one of the life insurance policy premiums upon the life of Bigelow became due today and had to be paid in order to prevent it from lapsing. It Is reported that Bigelow Is heavily In debted to several well-known Milwaukce an3 whoso names do not appear In the schedule. A trustee will be appointed by the cred itors of tho estate at a meeting to bo held about May 8. ' An evidence of the fact that the First National Is in a perfectly normal condi tion was made today when it was learned that the balance against the bank in the clearing-house today amounted to only 530,000. Had a balance been held thero of 5500,000, It would have been no surprise to the directors or to other bankers, and the smallncss of the balance shows that the bank in question did a very large business of its own. John L Bcggs and J. H. 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