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THE HOT&OKG OKEGOTIAK, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1905. 5 HOLM STAR WITNESS Appears for the Defense in Slaughter-House Case. HE MAKES ADMISSIONS When Closely Questioned He De clares That Meat Could Be Sold During His Absence With- out Government Stamp. Admissions made by Dr. Jl. E. Holm, an assistant moat Inspector In the serv ice of the Bureau of Animal Industry, showed in the Municipal Court yesterday morningr that it was easy for the Pacific States Packing Company, or any other packing concern, to slaughter animals in the absence of Government inspectors and sell the products to the trade. Dr. Holm was called as a Ktar witness in the defense of the proprietors of the Pacific States Packing Company, charged by City Health Officer Biersdorff with violations of the city ordinanecp. After he and several other witnesses were ex amined and cross-examined, the defense rested, and a postponement was had un til this morning, at which time arguments of counsel will be made before Judge Hogue. For reasons best known to the inter ested parties, the defense did not call Dr Clarence Looborry, chief of the Gov ernment Inspection Service In Portland. It is hinted that had he taken the stand he would have been asked some red hot questions concerning his alleged ac tivity regarding the passing of the city meat Inspector ordinance, recently passed by the City Council, over the veto of Mayor "Williams. He is said to have framed that celebrated ordinance. Although Dr. Holm declared under oath that he did not draw any .salary" or bene fits from the Pacific States Packing Com pany, but emphasized the statement that he was paid 5100 a month by the Govern ment, his direct testimony was every bit most favorable to the defendants, who are part owners of the concern. Witness for Defense. Dr. Holm detailed his duty as Inspector, saying he had authority to go Into every part of the packing plant, to condemn all animals unfit for use and to sec that cleanliness prevailed In the place. He said he placed a stamp on every piece of meat that went out. "How long have you been stationed at the slaughter-house of the Pacific States Packing Company?" asked Special Prose cutor Smith, upon cross-examination. "I have been there since last December 5,, replied Dr. Holm. "You Inspect every animal before and after It is slaughtered?" "The Government rules call for an ante mortem and post-mortem," was the roply of Dr. Holm. "When you are not there, who attends to the Inspection?" "I have been there constantly since last December," Dr. Holm replied. "I have not missed a day." "Who is in charge of the plant for the Government today, while you are here giv ing testimony?" "Xo one the plant Is closed, and there is no slaughtering." "How do you know there Is no slaugh tering? Might there not bo some animals slaughtered in your absence?" "There could be," was the reply, "but 1 do not think any decent man would buy the meat, as It would not have the Gov ernment stamp upon It." A Pointed Question. "Is there any meat sold in Portland without the Government stamp upon it?" asked Mr. Smith. "Yes, I presume there is lots of it," Dr Holm replied. In reply to a question from Mr. Smith, Dr. Holm said that he wont to the slaughter-house only whon notified by the superintendent that thoro would be slaughtering. Following Dr. Holm came City Health Officer H. R. Biersdorf. who. although he swore to the three complaints against the defendants, testified for the defense. He said he had visited the slaughter house six times and found It to be all right. He was not cross-examined. One of his deputies next testified. He ad mitted that many complaints had been made against the slaughter-house by residents living near It. From all of the mass of testimony in troduced, it appears that since the agita tion startod against the slaughter-house, about two months ago, some improve ments have been made. The defense seems to contend that Inasmuch as the conditions are alleged to have been made a little bettor the cases should be dropped. INCREASE IS BIG. Portland rostoffiee Leads AH Oth ers Stamp Sales Are Heavy. The Portland Postofflc stands at the head of all the offices In point of increase in business throughout all its depart ments. By the report of the last month's business It is shown that the stamp fcalos for the month were 31.7 per cent higher than they were for the corresponding month of 15KH. According to the custom of the Postal Department, whenever an office shows an Increase of from S to 7 per cent in any one year, it places that of fice in the first class, and if that be true, the Portland office should be placed in a class by Itself and Postmaster Mlnto given a medal. It Is not necessarily the personal mag netism of the Postmaster or the accom modating qualities of the clerks, how ever, that accounts for the increase In business. The rapid growth of the city is the cause that forces the receipts up towards higher and higher totals. On Saturday last S0.000 letters passed through the Portland office, coming in and going out. Mr. Mlnto has not data at hand to show the increase in this num ber over that of last year, but the fact that all of his clerks are working ten hours and more a day in their efforts to get the mall to the people, when last year at this time a smaller force was not having any harder work in handling the business, shows conclusively that the increase is at least as great in proportion as that shown by the stamp sales. In the registry, the money order and all the other departments, the increase Is In proportion with that shown by the record of last Saturday in the bulk of the first-class mail. A part of the increase in the business of the office is accounted for by the Ex position, but this is a secondary cause. During the month of May the approach ing Fair had but little comparative ef ect on the mall handled, and the record of that month may be taken in great part, as the normal business of the of fice In the amount of mail handled also the report of a week ago would not call for a great deal of increase, owing to the presence of transient business. Later when the Fair Is In full swing and the city is crowded with Eastern people, the business of the office will be materially increased, but at the present time the mall handled is practically the business of the city and its inhabitants. The dull months of July and August "will this Summer be the busiest, of the year with the postofflcc. and j;pedal help will in all probability have to be fur nished by the department- The present force Is working ten and more hours a. day to get the mass of mail out of the way. and when the big rush comes later in the season additional help will have to be given or the work will be delayed.- Postmaster Mlnto has called at tention in hW reports tp the department to the great Increase in business, and has recommended that additional help be given him. ITS FIRST SESSION.. Juvenile Court Will Be Convened. Todaj'. TKi Tiicnnlln Pnurt nresldod over bv Judge Frazer will hold its first session this morning .at 10 o oiocK, ana tne cases of a number of youthful offenders will be disposed of. The court has been fally organized, with Detective H. H. Hawley. officer of the Ttnva' anri filrlR' Aid Soelotv" W. T. Gardner, superintendent of the society. and Mrs. aiiuie it. xruxnouu as -pronation officers. Mrs. Lola Baldwin. secretary of the Travelers' Aid Society, organized to look after the welfare of young girls coming to the city, and Patrick Sullivan, of the Catholic Sentinel, have volunteered to assist as probation officers. Mr. Sullivan will devote especial Interest to Catholic children who may need the assistance of the court, Marlon B, Johnson, for a long time clerk of Department No. 1, of the State Circuit Court, has been appointed clerk of the Juvenile Court, and will have his desk in the private office of Judge Fra zer. Mr. Johnson will devote his entire time to this work. He will keep all rec ords, hear all complaints, give the officers their Instructions and do everything re quired in the running of the court, ex cept such duties as come within the scope of the presiding Judge. County Clerk Fields has assigned Mr. Johnson as a deputy for this purpose. J. H. Bush will take the place of Mr. Johnson as clerk of Department o. 3, State Circuit Court, Plans for the working of the court were discussed at a meeting in Judge Frazcr's office, at which Municipal Judge Hogue, Chief of PolW Hunt. B. S. ''ague. Rev. Edgar P. Hill. T..N. Strong. Patrick Sul livan. Mrs. Trumbull. Mrs. Lola Baldwin. W. T. Gardner. H. H. Hawley, Judge M. G. Munly and Rev. Father Thompson The officers of the Boys' and Girls' Aid' Society are made probation omcers or tne Juvenile Court, because their work is of a kindred kind, although not entirely the same. The Juvenile Court will release offenders, boys and girls, on probation, that Is. give them a chance to redeem themselves. This Is expected to lessen the number of commitments to the Homo of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society some what, and will in a measure lesson the burden of its labors. It may also cut down the revenue of that institution a little, for the reason that the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society receives a certain sum from the county or state for each com mitment to the society by a magistrate. Judge Frazcr's idea is to give as little publicity as possible to the proceedings of the court, as ie does not deem It wise to parade the names of offenders, and he vn ihnf this rule is adopted in other cities he has visited where there are such courts. Municipal Judge Hogue has collected a number of cases witnin inc past icw weeks for the Juvenile Court to dispose of. as follows: rn.or- Rnmrth arrested on n charce of assaulting a woman; Frank Dunn, who has pleaded to a charge or stealing a goja watch from a house where he was car rying in wood, and E. Jensen, W. Fitz gerald and Robert Stopper, charged with stealing a chicken trom J. S. Morgan, of Alblna. These boys say that a dog killed the chicken before they carried it away. Wants Husband to Support Children Ouita.vf Dretrer. a tailor, whose wife. Puthnrino TJrt.cer. has sued him to compel Mm in onntrlhute S3ft a month for the support of herself and five children, ap peared bcrore Judge grazer yercoroay. accompanied by his counsel, and asked for fnrihor time until "Wednesday, jvhlch. wa M-aniM. John F. Logan, attorney for Mrs. Dreger, asked in the complaint for $100 attorney's lees, nut, approacning Dreger yesterday, ne saia: tf von will nav vour wife some money for her support, I will withdraw the at- Tirirnr said something about having made Mr. Logan a weoaing suit ana uio gentleman of the law asKea. "wnat naa that got to do with your failure to pro vide for your lamliyr Thi. next sten bv Dreger and his coun sfO ws an offer of settlement, and Mr. Logan offored. to dismiss the case pro vided Dreger signed a contract to pay Mrs. Dreger a certain sum mommy. j.ne Supreme Court has upneia sucn con tracts as- good Indefinitely. Eugene D. White Sued for Divorce. Eugene D. White, the real estate and Insurance agent, is the defendant In a divorce suit filed yesterday at HUlsboro bv Emma White. They were married a long time ago and are both well-known in society circles among old resident?. Mr. White was born in this country. The complaint Is brief and the allegations are morely desertion, commencing over year ago, and failure to provide. The real cause of their domestic micucity is doubtless hidden. Judge M. L. Pipes ap pears as attorney for Mrs. White. Divorce Papers Are Served. Deputy Sheriff Kelly yesterday rved papers in a divorce suit filed in Spokane by Lillle Mercer against Joseph R. Mer cer. A complaint in a divorce suit filed at The Dalles by Elizabeth Goodall against Samuel F. Goodall was served n the defendant yesterday by Deputy Sher iff GrussL Says Husband Beat llpr. Ella D. Schelllngs. In her complaint for a divorce filed yesterday against Charles H. SchelllngH. ays he kicked her until her limbs were black and blue, and choked her almost Into unconsciousness. They were married In Portland November 19. She asks that her maiden name. Hevland. be restored to her. File Incorporation Articles. Articles of Incorporation of the FiH plno Exhibition Company were filed in the County Clerk's office yesterday by Thomas J. Ripley, John Krider and Ed mund A. Fclder. capital stock, 53003. The objects are to give exhibitions at the Ex position. Coleman Trial Continued. The trial of John Coleman for the xnur der of Edna Hoffman, which was set for yesterday- In the State Circuit Court, was continued on account of press of business until next Monday. Wife Gets the Decree- Pearl Ryan was granted a divorce from J. E. Ryan yesterday by Judge Clcland because of desertion beginning April S, 1904. They have one child, a boy" 15. who was awarded to the care of the mother. May Still Worship in Churches. PARIS, June 9. The Chamber of Depu ties today adopted sections of the church and state separation bill placing the state churches gratuitously at the disposition of the parochial societies for the exercise of religion. SDMXTR COLDS. removee tbc cauae. CaJl tor full naa DEFENDS IE tl Zimmerman Makes Talk on Meat Inspection. MERRILL ADDS HIS WEIGHT Councilmcn Declare That .They Acted in the Interest of the Public and Cite Their Reasons at Lenrth. Councilman Zimmerman feels that an injustice has been done him relative to his attitude on the meat-inspection ordi nance, and stated yesterday that" his po sition in the matter was not generally understood by the general public. "The ordinance providing for the designation of the Pacific States Packing Company as abattoir," said be yesterday, was mere ly for the accommodation of butchers and farmers generally, and places the small retail butchers In a position of being able to go to the Union Stockyards and buy as small a quantity as one head of stock, and the Pacific States Packing Company is obliged to kill it at the fee provided In the ordinance, but they arc not obliged to go there if they have any other place What Would YouDo if YouWere"Broke"? This question, put to several prominent Portlanders, is answered in a straightforward way without halt of circumlocution. What they ; say will be published in The Sunday Orcgonian tomorrow. From these expressions men who have failed may take hope, young men find inspiration and the general public an interesting symposium. to go. Any slaughter-house can be desig nated for this purpose. 'In the first place," continued 3ir. Zim merman, 'the commission men ao noi understand the ordinance. The city will provide a cold-storage place in Its limits possibly on Front and Burnslde streets where all animals slaughtered in the country and shipped to any commission man In the city will be stored free of charge until Inspected by the officer ap pointed by the Board of Health. The ordinance simply provides for the liver, lungs and spleen to be shipped with the carcass. May Be "Wrapped In Canvas. "It, Is-barcly possible that the Board of Health will insist that all meats so shipped to the city shall be wrapped In canvas for the purpose of being kept clean, which will Impose very little ex pense upon the farmer. The expense In curred by the city for having a thorough inspection of meat, such as this ordinance provides, is trifling compared to the bene fits derived therefrom, and certainly no disadvantage to the commission mer chant, and possibly only detrimental to some unreliable butcher who has made it a business to buy dairy cows fed on swill and malt, and calves not to exceed one day old, and placing them on the tables of our citizens as a first-class article of food. "So far as any personal interest In the ordinance is concerned, you may say for me that I never saw the measure until City Auditor Devlin brought It to me and read It over with me. I understood then that it was drafted jointly by Dr. Lovc berrv. of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry", assisted by the City Board of Health." Councilman Fred T. Merrill also had a few remarks to make upon the subject, and incidentally confessed that at one stage of the proceedings In his earthly career he had become addicted to the rural habit, consequently was well quali fied to render an expert opinion relative to matters affecting the interests of the farming community. Says It Is "Hot Air." "All this newspaper talk about the meat ordinance is purely 'hot air." " said the doughty member from the Third Ward, as he gently removed some stray hayseed from tbc neighborhood of his ambrosial j locks, and adjusted a fresh wisp of straw between his molars. "I know nothing about Zimmerman's connection with any slaughter-house, and If I did I would not take it into consideration. All regulated cities have a meat Inspector. If the pub lic knew what was going on they would applaud the council for passing this ordi nance over the Mayor's veto instead of condemning the members. "From my own experience as a farmer." he continued. "I know that they can sell their rick cows, pigs and other livestock whenever they so desire. If the meat eating public, as well as the milk con sumers, could have had an opportunity for inspecting portions of a cow's udder, taken from a supposedly healthy animal that had been slaughtered last week, and exhiblbted by Dr. Loveberry for the edi fication of the Council, why, everybody would Just stop eating meat and drinking milk until an Inspector was put on duty with full power to act- Even the Mayor weakened when he saw It- The animal In 'question was one of the most healthy of any In the herd, according to the report of Dr. Loveberry. Measure Is for Best. "My manager at the Rambler farm is constantly receiving offers to purchase sick cows, or pigs continuously bleeding at the nose. The public can condemn me as much as they like. I cast my vote for what I considered the best interests of the public at large, without any thoughts of any private Interests, espe cially the slaughter-house owned by Coun- i oilman Zimmerman. The Health Board has the power of designating any place . It chooses for the slaughtering and in- f spec lion of animals. "If farmers were compelled to sack all MmttM nf unlnuli hfnro ullinrr In Jh commission merchants, sidewalks were J kept clean In front of . said commission j houses, and I. Samuel's dog ordinance should pass the Council, the meat con- J sumcrs of Portland would have better- flavored and cleaner meats." If there Is any intention on the part of the city to provide a cold-storage place in its limits, as Intimated by Mr. Zimmer man, where all animals slaughtered in the country and shipped t6 local com xnlsson men will be stored until inspected by the officer appointed by the Board of Health: It docs -not appear in the ordi nance adopted by the Conncll the other day. and neither is there any provision therein for the liver, lungs or spleen to be shipped separate from the rest of the carcass. The Pacific States Packing Company Is distinctly named as the "Portland Abattoir, where animals may be taken for slaughter and be inspected." and it is well-known that the corporation in ques tion is just now the defendant In two parte criminal actions In the munici pal courts, so that any such recognition by the City Council would simply clothe the operations of the concern with a cer tain amount of legal respectability. Father Appointed Guardian. On petition of Lulu Westervelt and her husband. H. M. Westervelt. filed In the County Court yesterday, the latter was appointed guardian "of their chifd. Harold lE. Weetervelt, a years old. The petition recites that the on Is Interested in busi ness matters which must be disposed oC Recently Jtrs. Westervelt sued her hus band for a divorce. Dufur is RIddell ap pear as- attorneys in the case. PIONEERS BEGIN TO RALLY Many Call Upon Secretary Hlraes for Badges. Many called at pioneer headquarters yesterday and secured their badges and renewed old acquaintances; but there are many others In the city yet to call, and the secretary kindly requests them to do so today, in order to prevent confusion towards the last. Pioneers will please bear In mind that the time for free admission to the Expo sition grounds has been changed, at the request of the Lewis and Clark officials, from 1 to 2 o'clock P. M. on June 16 to 9 to 11 o'clock in the morning of the same day. The literary exercises at Festival Hall will begin at 11 o'cock. and will be brief and Informal, lasting about an hoir. The programme will be perfected In a day or two. So far as Secretary HImes has been able to ascertain, the roll of members of the Pioneer Asosclatlon who have died since June 22. 1901. Is as follows: Apprcn. A. J. ,.lS(7!Mrera. David 1SS Bellinger. C. B.. .1S4" Oulmette. Mr. C.1SSO Barford. T. H. ...1K2 Snuffin. B. F 1S52 Campbell. H. B..lS4J!Stelwer. Jta 8...1S43 Cornell. E. F.. - ..lS5l!SUmon. David S.1SS2 Going. Mr. L B.lSMJSlephen. Thomas. 1SJ0 Gillette P. "W. ..!S52iVan Vleet, Mrs. E. Klllln. Benton... 1M3I A 1M2 Lnox. E. H lS43!WRuer. L M 1S32 I-ent. Mr, IT. A.l2rValker. John P.. 1852 Lone. Henry R. -!R52WoolIey. Henry. ..ISIS duelling. Alfred.. lSlTlWood. T. A 1S32 McCormac. Mrs. iWysant. T. 1R50 Mentis. ISMlToun. J. Q. A. ..1817 IC any one knows of other members of the association who have died during the year, the secretary would kindly request that they be reported to him at once. Much Is heard nowadays of the "crowned heads of the Eastern Hemis phere." and the world awaits with bated breath tho result of their deliberations. Not so with the "crowned heads of the founders of Oregon," whose relatively peaceful conquest of the Pacific Slope 50 and 60 years ago made possible the splen did conditions of today, where there are "no wars nor rumors of wars." From all over the "Oregon Country" the tidings are sent to the secretary that a concerted descent upon this city Is contemplated next week, which doubtless will result in a bloodless victory on next Thursday, June 15. Pioneers everywhere like to visit Portland their creation and take away with them kind remembrances of their kindly reception. Of all the years that are past or yet to come, this. Anno Dom ini 1905, is tho crowning year In Oregon history, and as such will doubtless wit ness the largest congregation of pioneers that has ever assembled, with feeble steps and dimmed eyes they are coming from every quarter to witness the con summation of their hopes the climax of a century. PERSONAL MENTION. Senator Fulton Is at the Imperial for a short visit. Frank Gilliam, Mayor of Heppner, Is at the Imperial, to visit the Exposition for a few days. Phil L. Metschan, Jr., proprietor of the Heppner Hotel, Is spending a few days with his father, of the Imperial. Senator R. A. Booth, of Eugene, is In the city for a few days, to visit the Ex position and atiend to business matters. Mrs. John Vert, a prominent society and lodge woman of Pendleton, is staying at the Imperial for a few days to visit the Exposition. L. V. Druce, general agent of the Grand Trunk Railway, with headquarters at Seattle. Is In the city for a short time on business connected with his office. B. F. Mulkey, ex-State Senator from Polk County, and now president of the Ashland Normal School, Is at the Perkins for a few days' visit to the Exposition and to attend to business connected with the Normal School. Edward Metschan, the youngest son of Phil Metschan, of the Imperial Hotel, has returned from Philadelphia, where he has Just graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College. Dr. Metschan will begin the practice of his profession In Port land. H. E. Bickers, formerly superintendent of the State Reform School at Salem, is at the Imperial for a short stay In Port land. Mr. Bickers since retiring from the management of the Reform School has been engaged In the hotel business at Pendleton, but has recently sold his prop erty there and will perhaps engage In business in the Willamette Valley. SAN FRANCISCO. June 9. (Special.) United States District Judge De Haven started for Portland this afternoon to try the land fraud cases, which have been set for June 12. . NEW YORK. June 9. (Special.) The following Northwestern people registered today at New York hotels: Portland Tl. Solomon and wife, at the Albert; W. O. Clarke, at the St. Denis. Spokane Mrs. W. Ncttleton. at the Fifth Avenue. 10 nnn Tit su-fl n 'A LITTLE GIRL" writes Mrs. Nannie Hunt, of Bren vood, Tenn., " the daugbtervof a frieod, suffered terribly .every month vith the' backache. Since taking Cardui her mother says she hears no more of the pain now. It also cured me of dread ful bearing-down and aB-gooe f eeHngs." WRITE US A UTTER ireely and frankly, in strict ooafidtoce, telling ts all your symptoms aed toodWcc We wiM seod free advice (ki pkta SMfod envelope) bov to cure thorn. Addrsas: Ladies' Advisory DapL, The Chattanooga. M&ctoe Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. m I, SHOWDOWN Bowen Wants to. Take Evi dence in Venezuela. " After Hearing Minister Russell's Statement, - He Asks Taf t to Send II Im to Caracas .Complete His Case. to WASHINGTON. June 9. In the presence of Assistant Secretary of State Loomis and Minister Bowen. Secretary Taft to day heard a statement from W". W. Bus sell, the American Minister who has been transferred from Bogota, to Caracas, and who was secretary of the legation under Mr. Loomis at Venezuela, regarding mat ters connected with what is known as the Bowen-Loomls controversy. The In quiry today concerned chiefly the Mer- cador claim and Mr. Loomis' connection with It. The testimony of Mr. Russell was not of a sensational character. Its effect on the case cannot be learned at the "War Department. At the close of the Inquiry, Mr. Bowen filed the following request: "I now have the honor respectfully to suggest that. If any doubt remains in your mind as to the culpability of Mr. Loomis. I be or dered to return to Caracas and that with Captain Parker and Consul Hurst I be instructed to take the testimony of all persons acquainted with the facts In this case and be provided with letters requesting Mr. Loomis' bankers and the Venezuelan government to give to me certified copies of any papers that may tend to prove the nature of Mr. Loomis transactions while he was Minister to Venezuela." Mr. Taft has not yet acted on this re quest and will probably r.walt the ar rival from New York of a Mr. Unwln. formerly connected with an asphalt con cern In Caracas, who will be queried regarding the check which Is said to have been exchanged between Mr. Loomis and the asphalt company. Yellow Fever on Canal Zone. "WASHINGTON, June 9. Governor Ma goon has reported two new cases of yel low fever in the Canal Zone. The Bu reau of Insular Affairs made an abstract of the compilation of yellow fever cases sent by Governor Magoon, which shows a total of SS cases and 30 deaths on the isthmus up to May 23 last. General Carman Succeeds Hoynton. WASHINGTON, June 9. Secretary Taft has appointed General Ezra A. Carman as chairman of the Chlckamauga Mili tary Post Association to succeed the late General H. V. Boynton. Hural Carriers at Holbrook. OR EG ON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. June 9. James F. McDonough has been appointed regular, Mary E. McDon ough substitute rural carrier, route 1, Holbrook, Or. Uncle Snm Still Has 3Ioncy. WASHINGTON. June 9. Today's Treas ury statement of the balances In the gen eral fund shows: Available cash balance, $133,497,575; gold. J70,1S3,OS3. SAYS WORD FOR HUMANITY Cruelty or Indian Dance and Buffalo Hunt Arouses Roosevelt. OKLAHOMA CITY June 9. 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This re fers, to the connection with Arizona and New Mexico In the Hamilton bill, which Speaker Cannon and Senator Beveridge announced will be the one considered at the next session of Con Kress. Resolutions were also passed declar ing against the proposed general strike of the International Typographical Union on January 1, 1906, on account of their demands for an eight-hour day with nine hours' wages. This ac tion, if carried out, the resolution as serted, would be "revolutionary and demoralizing in its effect on business conditions." The United Typothetae of America was commended for the stand It has taken In favor of maintaining harmonious relations between employer and Employe and against combinations and conspiracies. The election of officers resulted in the following: Colonel John Dymond. of New Orleans, president; John E. Jun kin, of Sterling-, Kan., first vice-president; William A. Asbbrook, of Johns town, O.. corresponding secretary, (re elected); J. W. Cockrum. 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The convention adjourned this after noon, and the delegates left Guthrie thl3 evening on a trip through the two territories, eventuating- at Portland, Or., through Texas and California, where short stops will be made. THIEF MAKES A GET-AWAY Gets Big Haul From Hotel and Disappears. Safe L03 ANGELES, June 9. The. police have been notified of a mysterious robbery at,, one of the leading hotels of this city in which Mark Hammerchlog, a business man of New York, residing at 151 Park Grove avenue, was robbed of 5132 In cash, $500 In drafts and about $600 worth of dia monds and other Jewelry. The valuables were in a package which was placed In the safe of the hotel office last Wednes day, the robbery being discovered today. The police are, so far, without a clew to the perpetrator. Hammerchlog was one of the Knights of Columbus delegates in attendance on the National council of the order, that has been in session In this city for a week. IS UNDER INVESTIGATION Holmes, Cotton Statistician, Sus pended at Own Request. WASHINGTON. June 9. E. S. Holmes, Jr., Associate Statisilcianfor the Depart ment of Agriculture, has asked to be sus pended from duty during the investlga- tlon of charges against him. of irregulari ties In the compilation and publication of the last cotton, report. This request has been granted. The' investigation of the charges made by Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cottongrowers' Association, is now under way. It Is expected the in quiry will not extend more than three or four days. The report will be made di rectly to Secretary Wilson. Land Frauds in North Dakota. ST. PAUL, June 9. William T Horse nell. of St, Paul, and Royaf B. Stearns, of Pierre, S. D., were arraigned before the United States Circuit Court today and charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States nut of homestead lands. Both pleaded not guilty. 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