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mmux VOL. XLV- 2T0. 13,967. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HILL IS C DM NO IHTO PORTLAND Portland and Seattle Backed by Northern Pacific Men. DOWN THE NORTH BANK flnrrlman's Club Is the Canadian Pacific Which May Be Given Trackage Over O. R. & X. in Retaliation. Vancouver is Just at present the cen ter of more railroad actvity than any other looallty in the Northwest. In the Washington town, pioneer military cen ter of the Columbia bRSin, and seat of Clark County, are brought together those day more railroad engineers, of Qctaie of the executive and engineering departments and construction contract ors and supervisors than in any other locaJty, for it happens to be the strat egeile vantage ground from which the nld can be most advantageously di rected In the determination of the Hill raJlrondc to find a water grade route Into Portland, and at the same time af ford an outlet on easy grades for the inuw-PacMc freight entered through port of Paget Sound. At the beginning of the prose t year it was officially de c14od by directors of the Northern Pa cific to oorry forward the long-projected line down the north bank of the Co lumbia River, but it was then planned not to begin actual construction work until the Spring of 106. Incorporation recently of the W'allula & Pacific was the nrst time opposition, that it was anticipated might arise, took concrete form and then began the feverish hasto with which tho community of Vancou ver has Ween startled during the past ton days. Activity Is Revealed. In the Judgment of the host informed the activity that has revealed to the public tho advanced condition of af fairs in plane for building the road and bridging two groat waterways does not moan that grading of the entire line is to be prosecuted with the rapid ity rfuggested by this preliminary move ment. It te understood to mean that all stratogfc ontr !Hg t 'j 1 Owhtmbhi, whore construction is difficult and nec ramrily expensive and tedious where mar occar the difficulties that one transportation corporation may throw In the line of its advancing competitor, will be hurriod to oompletion. Cape Horn. Cook's and Collins Springs are some of the points where tho forces of engineers and small -gangs of construc tion men have been placed to protect the Interests of the locator. Right of way has been secured prac tically all of the way from White Sal mon to Vancouver In the name of the Portland & Seattle Railroad Company, the right of way work having been chlvfly done by a! R. Upright, formerly of the Northern Pacific, now of the road with the now name that has not yet become a legal creation, papers of incorporation not yet having been filed, although It Is understood all is in road Ines to do so. including the map of definite location of the proposed route. A R. Upright arrived at Vancouver Monday and 1 now working in the ter ritory between the right of way already secured at tnat point and Washougal. Northern Pacific Men. A. G. Avery, formerly of Seattle, who' has been generally understood to be a Northern Pacific attorney, is general couneel. and W. W. Bethel, also a former Northern Pacific employe. Is chief engi neer of the Portland &. Seattle Company, while It is stated that the employes along the route have been paid oft with North ern Pacific checks,, and that Charles Ev Levey, third vice-president of the North ern Pacific, is the oxecutive director of the new enterprise. The officials directly Identified with the work in progress are extremely reticent concerning their labors or the plans. Messrs. Avery and Bethel have con cluded the lease at Vancouver of the en tire socond floor of the now Packard building on Main street, 55x80 feet, which is being hurried to completion by a large force of carpenters and subdivided to meet the requirements of the engineers and legal department as headquarters. The local ticket office of the- Northern Pacific, S. J. Miller, agent, Is located in the lower part of the same building. Will Build High Bridge. As previously stated in The Oregonlan. the officials have no intention of con structing another drawbridge across the "Willamette, but Instead will build a high bridre between the high points along the rix-er near St. Johns, on the Peninsula, across to the bluffs on the "West Side. Right of way has been held for some time the greater part of the distance across the Peninsula, and the Columbia, it is virtually decided, will be spanned with a modem steel structure, with draw, at the point where in 1890 a pier was placed or. the Washington side of the stream for the now defunct Portland & Puget Sound Railroad. Evidence of this is had in tho fact that owners of three tracts of realty at that end of the site, E. R. Schofleld, William Ranck and T. E. and Hazel Dan iels, are negotiating with agents for sale of the land, aggregating about 70 acres. It is asserted that two parties are bidding for this ground, and that they seem to represent different interests. Congress granted right-of-way for the railroad along the river front through the military reservation, but the com pany desired to place the trackage through the barracks at about where Fifth street intersects. This privilege was denied and now it is possible that they will be allowed to pass through at the Internection of Second street, two blocks from the river, thereby getting above tho high water-line with a low trestle that can later be filled' and leveled back to the parade ground. That the lo cation through the reservation has been definitely decided is known, because the new storehouses were built with special reference to convenience of switch tracks to be run from the main line. What Stands Out Clearly. East of the reservation the Northern Pacific owns 200 acres, acquired two years ago, being what is known as the Blurock Farm, and which it was understood was Intended as the site for a mill of the Weyerhauser Lumber Company. Plans have so entirely changed since that time that the purpose to which the acreage will be devoted is another of the things that will await the time when the com pany takes the public into confidence. In all these developments what stands out most prominently is that the Port land & Seattle Railroad Company pro poses to have a railroad line down the north bank of the Columbia as soon as It can be built, but the grade will not be thrown up this Winter, for a consider able portion of the mileage whore the right-of-way hag already been obtained and there 1? no possibility of a rival ac quiring the only available strip on which the roadway can be established. It is known positively that the plan is for the track to follow down the stream all the way from Wallulu to Vancouver. The Columbia River & Northern will form no part of a link in the cut-oft from the main line, its acquisition never having been for the purpose, but to prevent its use by rival Interests in a blocking game. Two Points of Bnttle-Ground. Two points will be the battle-ground of the two great systems of Hill and Harrl man, in thlB new construction. One will be the old Portage Railroad on the Wash ington side at Cascade, which has been receiving attention within a few months past for the first time in years from the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, and which. It is reported, is being operat ed as a means of holding the right of way. The other will be on the peninsula between Portland and Vancouver. Sev eral months ago the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company completed a survey around the lower ehd of the peninsula under pretext o getting a necessary wa-ter-gnfde trackage to do away with the line through Sullivan's Gulch. It is now rumored that as soon as the Hill project begins to assume definite shape there will be building activity of the Harrlman line also on the peninsula. During the past ten days three survey parties have departed from Vancouver to make final locations of different por tions of the route. The first was under the leadership of E. W. Lewis, of St. Paul, which departed a week ago last Sunday, consisting of 17 men. The second followod one day later, with about the same number, in charge of W. D. CI egg, of St. Paul, and Included W. J. Honry and James Battlen, of the same city, ana S. E. Knowles, of Minneapolis. Last Thursday the third party arrived, in charge of M. Woldson, who isln charge of construction, and said to represent the general contractors. This was a gang of about 20 men. Horses Are Bought. Two teams of horses wore bought at Vancouvor, $200 each being paid for the animals, and there were quite a number of other horses brought in.- A complete commissary outfit and several tons of groceries and food for man and beast were transferred from cars to boats. Last Sunday night the Regulator Line steamer worked all night transferring the ma terial and conveying it to a point up the river. One carload of dirt carts was left at Vancouver, because of the boat not having room for more cargo. Up to last night no. other material had arrived at Vancouver. It is rumored on seemingly good author ity that a large part of the work has been contracted already, but Jf this is true, no evidence of the fact is yet had in the movement that has taken place at Van couver. Construction equipment that has gone to the new line up to thin time is all that of the Northern Pacific Com pany, according to those who have ob served its transfer. Indeed, this seems to bear out the other fact recited that the company hastily decided upon the course now being pursued, and had no time In which to award, contracts. In Supervising Capacity. George R. Young, of St. Paul. Is en gaged In a supervising capacity over the other engineers engaged in the active field work, thus relieving W. W. Bethel of that feature of the work and leaving him free to work on mapping out the engi neering problems that must be solved. One force of men Is working four miles east of Cape Horn on the Prlndle prop-, erty, where father and son own about two miles of waterfront along tho Colum bia. Another is . working on the. tunnel project at Cape Horn, and another at or near Collins. Yesterday information was received In Vancouver that the first gang of work men to begin on the Columbia River bridge would arrive in Vancouver the lat ter part of the present week. This could not be confirmed, but it Is understood that one bridge gang of the Northern Pacific now at Kalaraa has been ordered to Vancouver. A. Beamer. division superintendent of the Northern Padilc at- Spokane, and who bears the reputation of being one of the strong men of the operating depart ment of that company, with experience In construction affairs, was among the of ficials who visited Vancouver yesterday. Income In Business. jinere has been a decided increase In the volume of business transacted by Vancou ver merchants during the brief period of a few weeks, since the activity of the railroad builders became so marked. 'Not alone in the added number of people visit ing the Clarke County capital, but in the general trade thereby developed. Neither must it be understood that all of the -activity is to, be credited to the Portland & Seattle road, for the Wallula & Pacllc Is to be considered In the bustle that has been brought upon the town. Senator E. M. Rand, who, with L. G-er-llnger and James P. Stapletoh, was Idea- M 1 HUNDRED GONE TO DEATH Togo's Victorious Battleship Mikasa Blown Up by Accident. ADMIRAL NOT ON BOARD Fire Spreads to Magazines, Which Explode, Killing Whole Crew and Many Rescuers Ship Will Bo Raised. FIXAL TOTAL OF CASUALTIES. LONDON. Sept. 13. The Tkle oor reipondent of the Times sr that the casualties resulting from the loss t the battleship Mikasa are five killed, 251 missing and 343 weunded. SASEBO, Sept. 12. Admiral Togo's- flag, ship, the Mikasa. was destroyed by fire and the explosion of her magazine at an early hour last Monday morning while peacefully lying at anchor In this harbor. Hundreds of lives', including mombors of her crew and men from other ships who went to the rescue, were lost. This little town, which has suddenly risen to prominence since the outbreak of the recent war. had spent a quiet Sun day, peace having been established. Sev eral warships were In the harbor and they presented an object of pride, but the quiet slumber of the night, while the peo ple were dreaming of peace after, an un paralleled series of victories-, was -violently disturbed a little after midnight by a terrific explosion accompanied by a se vere shock. An eager crowd assembled on the coast, only to discover that a terrible death had overtaken the beloved Mikasa. the flag ship of the great Togo, who had led his" men te victory in the life and death struggle in which the nation had Just been engaged. Words are powerless to describe the profound disappointment and sorrow attending this great catastrophe. The absence of Admiral Togo from the ship at the time of the explosion and the hope that the vessol can be repaired are the only redeomlng features of the un precedented calamity. A deep feeling of sympathy toward the unfortunate suffer ers after a ceswitlon, of hostilities per meates every class. TWICE THREE HUNDRED MEN Togo's FIag6hip Blown Up and All on Board Killed or Injured. TOKIO. Sept. 12. (2 P. M.) The Navy Department announces that the CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 62 deg-.; minimum. 60. Precipitation. .S9 ef an inch. TODAY'S Shower and wanner. South westerly winds. The.remce Treaty. Llnlcvitch accepts Oyama's terms for armis tice. Page 4. Wltte sails for Europe, giving Jews hope of equality. Page 4. Why Mikado agreed to Russia's terms en in demnity. Page 4. Komura reriously 111 la New York. Page 1. Opponents of treaty will receive Komura, with funeral rites on return. Page 4. Togo's battleship destroyed by explosion. Page 1. RuAtla. Thousands ef smuggled rifles seized among Flnnlth rebels. Page 3. Cosr&oks slaughter Socialists at Tinis, Page 3. Foreign. Sweden refuses to change terms of disunion with Norway. Page 4. Great Zambesi bridge on Capo to Cairo rail road opened. Page 4. National. Crank attempts to interview Roosevelt and Is arrested. Page 0. Heyburn. sole opponent of forestry policy. will be ignored. Page 1. roll tics. Bryan speaks on Democratlo policy en trust Issue. Page 3. Addioks threatens to expose bribetakers It they deesrt Mm. Page 1. Four candidates desert machine ticket in Philadelphia. Page 1. Domestic. Revelation of methods of New York Life In surance Company. Page 1. Frelghthandlers strike threatens Chicago. Page 3. Lawson turns tables on man who sued him. Page 4. Sport. Seals shut out the Commuters; Iberg batted hard. Page 8. ' Pacific Coast. J. S. Partridge chosen by Republican League caucus as candidate for Mayor of San Francisco, Page 3. Two persons reported killed and a number ef barns burned in the Willamette Val ley. Page S. Thomas Bayne dragged to death by runaway team near Helix. Or. Page 5 Senator Ankeny says a dredger must be run to keep open the mouths ef Columbia's .tributaries. Page 4. Refusal of Engineer Lewis to sign certifi cates holds up patent asked for by Deschutes Irrigation Company. Page 5. Commercial and Marine Local butter market unsettled. Page 13. Barley shorts badly squeezed at San Fran cisco. Page 13. Gtfod support to weak wheat market at Chicago. Page 13. Storm causes little rite in Willamette. Page 12. m Sealing schooner Carraenclta changes name to Acapulco. Page 12. Lewis and Clark Exposition. Admissions. J 4.03 L Page 8. Missouri will celebrate today by welcoming Governor Folk to the Fair. Page 8. Spokane has great day at the Centennial. Page fi. Portland and Vicinity. Arthur Mackenzie and Bernlce Stewart elope. Page 14. Hill will build into Portland down north bank of Columbia. Page 1. Hop yield Is disappointing. Page 12. Order of Hoo Hoo elects supreme nine. Page 8. Fire Chiefs hold convention. Page 14. Slaughttr-house case comes up. Page 12. Witness Watklns says he colored his evi dence lo favor defense In previous trials cf Williamson. Page 7. battleship Mikasa has been destroyed by lire and the explosion of her maga zine causing the loss of 539 lives, in cluding men of other ships who went to the rescue. The fire started from an unknown cause at midnight on Sunday, Septem ber 10. Before the officers could be rescued the Are reached the aft mag azine, which exploded, blowing a hole in the port side of the vcssoi below the water line ana causing the ship to sink. An nvestlgatlon Is now being held to determine the cause of the Are. In the battle of the Sea of Japan the Mikasa was the heaviest loser of tho Japanese ships, having killed and wounded. She led the Japanese fleet into action, and approached nearer to the Russians than any other battleship. The Mikasa was also the flagship of Admiral Togo after the great naval battle off Ifort Arthur on August 10. 1901, on which occasion the Japanese flagship ulso suffered the most, but continued in the fighting line. On that occasion the Mikasa had four officers and 29 men killed, six officers and 29 men severely wounded and four officers and 29 men slightly wounded. The Mikasa was one of the largest and most powerful vessels in the Jap anese navy. She was built at Barrow, England, and was launched In 1932. She hod a displacement of 15,200 tons, and hor speed was lSi knots, with 16,431 indicated horse-power. Her armament consisted af four 12-Inch. 14 six-inch, 20 12-pounders, eight three-pounders, four 2 Vi -pounders and eight mlllmeter guns. TOKIO. Sept. 12. (Tuesday 6 P. M.) Admiral Togo was not on board the Mikasa when the disaster to the battle ship occurred. DISASTER MAKES JAPAN MOURN Ship Sunk In Sasebo Harbor and Can Be Repaired. TOKIO. Sept, 12. (6 P. M.) The dis aster to the battleship Mikasa has cast a gloom everywhere. The Mikasa. as Togo's flagship, was endeared to the hearts of the peopled . Tho ship was at anchor in Sasebo Har bor when the Are started at the base of the mainmast at midnight. It spread with great rapidity, exploding the after magazine about half an hour after the Are had been discovered. The Mikasa sank in shallow water and it Is believed the ship can be repaired. Rescuing parties were sent from the various warships In the harbor and there were heavy casualties among them. Various conjectures are current as to the cause of the Are. Some attribute It to an ovcrchargo of electricity. Great relief was felt throughout Japan when it was learned that Admiral Togo was not on board the ship at the time of the disaster. Ill in m but heyjurn SENATOR IS IDAHO'S SOLE OP PONENT OF FORESTRY, Ills Opposition to Roosevelt Policy Is Based on Prejudice and Will Be Ignored. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 12. President Roosevelt has been advised that Idaho, through Its Gov ernor, has accepted his forestry policy and will hereafter co-operate with the National Government In the preserva tion of forests. Itwas explained to him that Senator Heyburn still holds out, but the President has been assured that Mr. Heyburn stands practically alone and will In time be obliged to abandon his untenable position and follow Governor Gooding. In official circles it is explained that Mr. Hey bunt's weakness rests in the fact that his opposition -exists from bias, and that his protests have gone to the ex treme of grossly misrepresenting condi tions. President Roosevelt, having dis covered the nature of Mr. Heyburn's op position, will give it little consideration in the futnre. Hereafter the forestry policy will be carried, forward In Idaho regardless of what Mr. Heyburn may say or do. Idaho .was the only Western State that had not acquiesced In Mr. Roosevelt's for estry policy. .j Northwest Postal Affairs. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 1Z Rural free delivery route No. 1 has been ordered established No vember 15, at Monroe, Snohomish County, Wash., serving 44 people and 103 houses. Mrs. Alice Vert has been appointed postmaster at Maude, Wash., vice James Morgan, resigned. KOMURA REPORTED WORSE Doctor Summoned in Haste Envoy Determined on Departure. NEW YORK. Sept. 12. Dr. Francis De laAeld has been called from his Summer home In Hot Springs. Va., to treat Baron Komura, theJapanese peace envoy, who has been ill In his hotel for several days. This gave color to a report that the en voy's condition is not as favorable as had been announced this evening. Df. Delafleld is on the way to this city, and is expected to visit Baron Komura tomor row. Baron Komura was somewhat Im proved earlier In the day, his fever being abated appreciably. He was still, however, confined to his bed and members of his suite said that he was In too weak and nervous a condition to be shown the re port from Rome that his family had been assassinated. Mr. Sato, official spokesman for the Japanese party, sold thatno dispatches had been received by the peace envoys which could furnish any ground for be lieving the reported misfortune, and added that the other members of the Japanese mission considered the report to be en tirely unfounded. Notwithstanding his weakened condi tion the Baron Is determined to leave New Tork on Thursday to begin his homeward trip as originally planned. At the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel late to night it -was said that Baron Komura's condition was somewhat improved. PLAY SHELL GIL WITH MILLIONS Schemes of New York Life to Fooi Superintendent of Insurance. UNWILLING WITNESS TELLS Oross-Examlncr Pulls Truth Out o'f Treasurer Randolph With Pin cers, but He Shields Some People. TRICKS IN INSURANCE. December 31, 1003. New Tork Life Insurance Company has $4i000.000 In ternational Mercantile Marine stock. It must report thaday te State Su perintendent of Insurance, showing" not over J3.C0O.00O of such stock. It sells on that day JSOO.000 of that stock to J. P. Morgan & Co.. then re ports assets. Including only 13.200.000. January 2. 1804. It buys JS0O.0OO Mercantile Marine stock from J. P. Morgan & Co. NEW YORK. Sept. 12. Selling $800. 09 In bonds one day and buying them back the next except one, a holiday In tervening. In order to keep within statements mads In the New Tork Life Insurance Company's report to the Su perintendent of Insurance, was the sen sational disclosure" made toda"y at the session of the legslatlve insurance In vestigating committee. The fact was drawn from Edmund D. Randolph, treasurer of the New York Life, late In the day after Charles E. Hughes, of counsel to the committee, had la bored for more than an hour to get a direct answer to a direct question from Mr. Randolph. The Inquiry had dragged through a mass of figures during almost the en tire day, but it was not until near the hour for ending the session, that the sensatonal feature was brought out. Earlier in the day Mr. Randolph had handed Mr. Hughes a schedule of syn dicate underwrltlngs and transaction of tire New York Life for the last ten years. This statement waa to show, and a, footnote so stated, that the com panyhnd 'participated In no syndicate transactions that had been closed out with n loss. Among the syndicate transactions wasthe underwriting of the navigation syndcate, or Interna tional Mercantile Marine. Done to Fool Insurance Office. Mr. Hughes drew from the witness that there was an aggregate of $ 4.000, 000 the New York Life paid J. P. Mor gan & Co., on this "Joint account." Mr. Hughes then took up a sales item dated December 31, 1903. of $03,000 of Inter national Mercantile Marine stock. Mr. Randolph, replying to Mr. Hughes, said this sale was made to J. P. Morgan & Co., and that a purchase of $300,000 was made on January 2, 190t, from J. P. Morgan & Co. After failing for some timo to get a direct answer, Mr. Hughes Anally asked Mr. Randolph: "As a matter of fact, there was a re port to the Superintendent of Insur ance on December 31, 19037" "Yes." "Then the sole purpose of the trans action was that you mght be able to tell the Superintendent of Insurance you had only $3,200,000 of International Mercantile Marine shares?" Witness hesitated and tried to evade a direct answer, but Mr. Hughes repeat ed the question, until Mr. Randolph said: "Yes." There was a momentary hush, fol lowed by a murmur of suppressed ex- ; cltement. Bonds Sold at Loss. Following tho navigation syndicate transaction. Mr. Hughes referred to an item on the schedule of tho syndi cate transactions under the date of De cember 30. 1904, by wheh $800,300 of bonds wero sold to J. P. Morgan & Co., of London, for $720,000. Mr. Randolph admitted thai this was an outright sale and that tho loss of $80,000 was charged off to -the profit and loss ac count. Mr. Hughes left the point and took up an association known as "Nylic" with the New York Life Insur ance. He got from the witness the ad mission that on April 11. 1904, a sale of $50,000 stock to "Nyllc" was made. The usefulness of the New York Se curity & Trust Company to the New York Life came out when it was testl Aed that, while the insurance com pany was not takng collateral loans, It made a practice of lending Its money to the trust company, which made the collateral loans. Mr. Hughes took up the accounts of the money deposited with the New York Se curity & Trust Company in 1S02, which was called account No. 4. It ran from $$,750,000 in May and June up to $12,531,000 Jn September, and ended at well over $10, 000.000 in December. "Now," said Mr. Hughes, "why did you reduce the amount deposited with the New York Security & Trust Company in July, 1904, to $2,500,000 and keep It at that even Agure to the end of the year? Your balance at the beginning of 1504 was $3,000,000?" Mr. Randolph professed Ignorance, the impossibility of remembering every trans action, and interrupted again and again. Mr. Hughes begged the witness to refrain ed the question. Mr. Randolph Anally said: "There was a question, at this time whether our relations would continue with; the company. The consolidation of the New York Security & Trust Company was taking place at this time." "Now, prior to the end- of 1901. the trustees of the' New York Security & Trust Company held 5005 shares, that is, a majority of the 10.000 shares." "Yes." "Well. In March. 1904, .when the, total stock of the company was increased to 30,000 shares, were the -holdings of the trustees Increased?" "No." -Witness was then led through the change of the name of the trust company and admitted that three accounts with the old company were closed, and four opened with the new one. When the money was withdrawn from the New York Security & Trust Company, it' was deposited wltn the First National Bank. This admission was elicited from the wit ness after muoh pressure. In reply as to the interest paid by the various banks where the .Insurance com pany had deposits. Mr. Randolph said all of the banks paid '2 per cont except the Bank of Montreal, which paid 2 per cent. Refuses to Give Names. In discussing the syndicate to handle the New Orleans railroad securities, which .transaction was closed out In l&M. Mr. Randolph referred to a receivership being appointed, which was unforeseen by the New York Life when the securities were taken up. Witness also said that some parties the company had expected to Join In handling the securities bad foiled to do so, but, when asked the names, refused to give them. This closed the inquiry, but Assemblyman Rogers, who was In the chair, said to the witness before adjourning the sitting: "Some of the committee are not satis Aed with your refusing to give the names of those who participated in the Jolnt proAt deals." "In answer. I would say," answered Mr. Randolph, "that It Is an entirely confiden tial matter; there was no Intimation on the part of anybody of bad faith." After adjournment. Mr. Hughes said the examination of Mr. Randolph would prob ably be continued tomorrow. Custom to Give Dummy Bonds. At the opening of today's session the examination of Mr. Randolph had been resumed. The removal of the preferred stock of the Chicago, Milwaukee & fat. Paul Railroad from the assets of the company to satisfy the Prussian Govern ment, which was under consideration at the last session of the committee, was again taken up. Mr. Randolph testified Friday that when the Insurance company had to remove the stock from Its assets it was turned over to the New York Trust Company as collateral for a loan, for which notes were given by George B. Marshall, the colored mes senger employed by the life Insurance company at $600 a year. The trust company was owned by officials of the Insurance company. Hughes endeavored to ascertain who authorized the transac tion. Mr. Randolph could not say, de claring: "It Is a recognized custom in finan cial concerns to have dummy bonds. I am sorry the name of George Marshall has been Drought into ridicule. On this transaction we carried it along for ihe company, and made an addl tlonal $200,000 for the policyholders." The transfer of the Chicago & Northwestern preferred stock from the life insurance company to the tru3t company, which was also forced by the Prussian Government, was also reviewed. Mr. Randolph said there was no record on the books of the finance' committee of the insurance company referring to the vloans made to Marshall and another employe named Madison. He stated also that he did not make any delivery of the certificates of stock. Mr. Randolph said that7 the sale of the Chicago & Northwestern stocks was recorded in the books of the company, and that the New York Life Insurance Company re ceived $1,700,000, which was deposited with the New York Security & Trust Company. Regarding both the Chi cago & Northwestern stock and the Chicago. ..Milwaukee & St. Paul, Mr. Hughes asked: You kept control of the stock after It went oft your books so as to moke any profit you could?" "Yes." Accounts Not in Ledger. Taking up the non-ledger assets Mr. Randolph said they did not appear on the ledger, but a record was kept In a card Index. A card for such an Index showing the record and sale of 2100 shares of Erie for J-10.CCO was Introduced In evidence. This card, it was brought out. was the only record kept of this transaction. Cornelius C. "White, Deputy Auditor of the New York Life Insurance Company, was then called. He said" the $210,000 re ceived for the Erie stock was credited to the funds of the Hanover office of the Insurance company. Mr.. Randolph, again on the stand, said, that 5000 shares of Union Pacific. Railroad pre'ferred stock which was received as bonus for underwriting, never appeared as a ledger asset, as it cost nothing. He said that while the stocks objectionable to Prussia were ostensibly sold off, no such steps were taken In regard to Union Pacific The Union Pacific stock. Mr. Randolph said, was sold at different per iods from 15S9 to 1S04. The question of syndicate operations was then taken up. Mr. Hughes drew Mr. Randolph's attention to the fact that stocks received by the New York Life as a bonus for underwriting were recorded in the card index as a non-ledger asset, while bonds received for underwriting ap peared as an asset on the ledger. Mr. Randolph did not know why this was done. He presented Mr. Hughes with a pamphlet entitled "Participation In Syndi cates by the New York Life Insurance Company for Ten Years Past." The net profit to the New York Life Insurance Company by Its syndicate transactions in 10 years was stated in this pamphlet to have been $2,399,695. This was offered In evidence by Mx. Hughes and was alleged to show that the New York Life had at that time made no syndicate transactions whicn had resulted in a loss. "These syndicate operations were entered Into and were being probed when a recess for luncheon was taken. Bonds Sold and Bought Back. Questioned concerning bond syndicate transactions. Mr. Randolph sold that In December. 1S9S, the New York Life pur chased from a syndicate $375,000 In bonds of the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo rail road at 81. paying for them $736,250. On April 17, following, $750,000 worth of the bonds were sold back to the syndicate at the s. same price, and on July 31 the com pany rebought the $750,000 worth of bonds at 99. Mr. Randolph said he could not recall tho reason for the sale and re purchase of these bonds. "Did you ever sell securities one. day and buy them back the next to make a market?" asked Mr. Hughes. "Never." replied the witness. Mr. Randolph was peremptorily or dered to produce the entry, of Jhe trans action in Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo bonds, and "the man who knows Niut it," HICK'S THREAT SPREADS TERRO If Supporters Desert Him,. He Will Publish Records ofGr,aft. y KEPT BOOKS FOR YEARS- Delaware Republicans Hesitate tov Carry Out Plan for His Annl- - . hilatlon Lest He Touch Off His Mine. WILMINGTON. Del., Sept. 12. Spe clal.) A plot to accomplish the politi cal annihilation of J. Edward Addicks. hatched within the ranks of the Union men at the hands of his erstwhile stanch supporters. Addlcks, deter mined to use every means in his power to whip his men Into line, has let it be known, however, that he Is ready ' to punish severely those who desert him. It Is said that for years he has kept a set of books, containing records of graft and corruption in Delaware politics, and will make exposures which he believes will send to jail those who turn against him. Makes Enemies Quake. A rumor to this effect added today to the uneasiness ofthe men who are sitting on the fence. Some of the Ad dlcks men who are ready to desert" their chief haVe been strangely silent, and it is said they fear exposure. In Addlcks' books, It is reported, Is en tered a list of contributions for vari ous purposes. Addlcks knows of the doing of all the little and big chiefs of the Union Republican camp, and the knowledge he possesses would make interesting reading for the Attorney General. The Union Republicans are quaking over this latest probability and fears of summary punishment at the hands of Addlcks probably will keep many of them in line. Antl-Addlcks Conference. All proceedings of the anti-Addicks' plotters have been held up suddenly. A confereice was planned between Allee and some of his advisers in Phil adelphia today, but it was called oft. The courthouse contingent has - been trying to get Chairman Willlts. of the Newcasjyg-county conamtttec; - cu , -action toward harmony; and a resolu- x tion favoring Allee's plan may be in troduced at the next meeting of the county committee. All the leaders here tonight declared that no call for a meeting of the com mittees to consider harmony had been Issued. SOCIALIS3I IX COLLEGES. Literary People Organize to Spread Xew Doctrine Among Students. NEW YORK. Sept. 12. The first steps toward forming a Socialist organization to be known as the Intercollegiate So cialist Society, were taken here today. The purposes of the organization were said to be the dissemination of Socialist principles among college and unlverslty men. A temporary organization was ef fected, today, subject to approval by a referendum of those who have signified their intention of Joining and who were said to number about 250. Among the organizers of the society were the following: F. Phelps Stokes, Thomas Wentworth Hlgglnson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Clarence Sharrow, B. O. Flower, William English Walling. Leon ard B. Abbott, Jack London and Upton Sinclair. BEND BEFORE THE , STORM Machine Candidates In Philadelphia Withdraw From Ticket. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 12. As a result of the recent political upheaval Jn this city, the county ticket nominated by the Republicans last Spring, prior to Mayor Weaver's fight against the gas lease, was withdrawn and a new ticket will be se lected by the city committee. The candi dates who withdrew are: Harry C. Rans ley. president of the Select Council, nom inee for Sheriff: John L. Lukens. nominee for Coroner, and Hugh Black and Jacob Wlldemore. who had been named for City Commissioners. Each candidate, besides being the -leader of his ward, is a member of the city commlttee. The four vacancies will be filled next Monday, when the city committee holds Its regular meeting. Cutting Out Bogus Voters. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 12. The total number of voters in Philadelphia, accord ing to the September canvass annouriced today. Is 339,960, a decrease of 35,510 com pared with the canvass made in May, prior to the gas lease fight FMISS ROOSEVELT IN PEKIN American Party Welcomed by High ' Chinese Official. " u PEKIN, Sept. 12. Major-General Cor bin. Rear-Admiral Train, Miss Alice Roosevelt and the other members of their party arrived here this evening. They ..were met by American Minister Rockhlll and his wife. Baron Mumm von Schwarz ensteln. Wu Ting Fang, vice-president' of the Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs; Liang Fang and other notables. Miss Roosevelt is the guest of Minister Rock hill and family and Baron Mumm Von Schwarzenstein Is entertaining some of the visitors. Independent Theater In Washington. JJEW YORK. Sept. 12. Lafayette Square Opera House in Washington has been purchased by David Belasco and Leo Schubert for $225,000. The Lafayette will be conducted as one of the chain of inde pendent houees under the Belasco-Schu-feert management.