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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1905)
jfttttttttg mruMHii. o-,n PORTLAND, OKBGQH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1905. ! . "" . - T- I .. "I. .,-.r,S llnc nr... the cable lines. I 14 n G STRING OF JOBBING BOUSES back of the deal has secured title to all of the land mentioned. Associated witn Mr. Moore -are E. E. Lytle, J. Frank "Watson, and many other prominent men who are Interested In tho -wholesale and Jobbing business. It Is thought that there Is Northern Pacific money DacK of the plan though no details will be given at this time hy any of those con nected -with the project. It is known, however, that unlimited money Is back of the men who are taking active in terest in the plans and that the con struction of the first of the five build ings -will be commenced within a month. Archways Through Warehouses. The proposition worked out by Mr. Moore and his associates is a novel one'. though one -which will prove of great benefit to the wholesalers and snippers of the cits'. On each of the five blocks recently purohased will be erected a modern five-story blook, mooeicd w u certain extent after the lines of the new WclnharJt building on irtn ana Pine streets. Through the middle of this string of five blocks, running north and south, will be constructed a spur extending from the southern end of the Terminal Company's tracks to nniiRh street. Midway between Ninth TWO MILLIONS THE UUbl Iarffe archway will be built in the buildings extending norm ana auum and the spur -will be laid through these arches and thus under or through the bulldlmrs. This arch will be wide nouek and hijth enough to permit freight cars to be switched through, -with space on each side to permit of the freight being loaded and unloaded. Double tracks -will be laid through the archway to facilitate the swltonlng of cars Will Change Wholesale District. FIVE MONSTER BUILDINGS Tracks Will Run Through the Arches in Structures. Portland Capitalists, Backed by tho! Northern Pacific, to Bring Cars into Jobbers' Warehouses, Saving Drnyage Costs. Anrx4maloly S2.000.000 will be spent witMn a year by Portland capi talists la erecting vast Jobbing and wtwlesale houses in North Portland on Vtocks FT. S. . GO ana 73, that part .w- wiHndea by Couch street on the Mm tit by Ninth on the west. Park a the st and Hoyt on the north. In oarrrtog out the plan which was formed d has been financed by W. H. Moore. f the Moore Investment Company. Ave great brick buildings, each five stories in height will be erected, a spur -wit! be constructed by the Northern Pa cific Terminal Company from its prua oat yam through arches In the build lags and across the five blocks upon which thoy will stand, while It is ex pected that tho complete Duim... -will house a large number of tho most important wholesale and Jobbing hMisos of the city, which firms will TOve from their present quarters on the Bast Side and along the water front on the West Side. Changes Wholesale District. It is a Plan destined to .change the map of the wholesale district of the city and -cause a great- readjustment in real estate values throughout the af fected localities. It has boon known thaUagents work ing for W. H. Moore have for some time been securing options upon the differ ent parts of the five diocks immcu. this work has progressed quietly until at the present time the association CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. Ii-.cnrtu- cloudy and occasionally NOW EQMLE UNDER THE ME Hughes Probes Into Syndicate Operations of Hyde and Associates. HYDE GAVE UP HIS PROFIT .V.t..ine. Cooler. westerly winuo. Foreign. Captain of wrecked vrarstalp MikaM. attempts ylclde. Page 3. Threat! to assassinate Komura on nla re tarn. Page 8. i leader of Cban Liberal party killed in deadly affray- Page L France -rMl call for apology from eneruela for Insult to Minister. Pago 4. German Socialist threaten general strike. PaB ' National. Illness of EnMch- Wade stops Toung court- martlal. Page 4. , Mists Roosevelt entertained in Seoul. Page 1. Bohwarachlld and Sulsborger may turn Etatrevldenoe In beef trust case. Page 1. Domestic. Hew insurance Kyndicates pay; Cleveland tells about mutuallzlng of Equitable. Page 1. , Gasoline motor makes great speed record. Page 8. , Arkansas mob lynches innocent negro. Pago 4. Sport. Pacific Coast tflfrue soores: Oakland C, Portland 4: San Francisco. 5. Los Angeles . . ---..- 1 TiMimn l. Page 7. Croby makes high score of 197 In first day Vf Modford Gun Club's annual shoot. Five1 good races run at Walla Walla Fair. Pag J-o more baseball in Tacoma, games sched uled for there being transferred to Spo kane. Page 7. Audubon equals pacing record. Page 7. Pacific Coast. Rev John B. Stark accused before Metho dist conference at Albany of appropriat ing benevolent funds. Page 6. Faleuse farmers holding much -wheat for higher prices. Page 6. Megorden convicted at Vale of murder In first dogree. Fage C. State land-fraud cases at Salem being fought on technicalities, .rage . Freight wrcok on O. R. & N. kills one and Injures several others. Page 0. Stagecoach brake snaps and runaway occurs with fatal results. Pago 6. Partridge nominated by Republicans ior Mayer of San Francisco. Page 0. Commercial and Marine. Advance In wheat checks selling. Pago 15. Oregon hopholders firm. Page 15. Excitement In barley at Ban Francisco. Page 16. Attempted wheat corner at Liverpool causes strong markets. Page 15. v . Rise In call money has adverse effect on stock (peculation. Page 15. Trade reviews report best wee or year. Page 15. Hill ltne will establish freight agencies In Orient Page T. Lewis and Clark Exposition. Admissions. 24.402. Page 10. Oregon exhibitors take most of the prlres at the livestock show. Pago 10. Airship makes two successful flights. Page 10 Portland and Vicinity. Five big warehouses for Portland Jobbers at cost of $2,000.00 will be erected In Port land by capitalists with Northern Pacific freight trains running through arches In buildings. Page 1. But one more witness to be called in Will iamson case. Page 14. Hill Is coming to Portland. Page 14. Boy upsets lighted lamp and Are, destroys four residences and damages a laundry. Page 10. Senator Fulton goes to Washington. Pago 14 State will profit greatly from reclamation work- Page K Xltct and stepdaughter In guardlanshlp.con t&st over fecblo old lady. Page 1L. Overcomes Drnyage Charges. This clan has been under construction for some time and was created to over come the enormous expense of Jrayage nftssRrilv borne by the whlwle houses which have had to haul their sroods from the terminal c-rnunds to the warehouses on Front and First streets, and throughout the wholesale district at an expense whicn has in most cases totaled close to seven times the rent paid for the headquar ters and storerooms of the different firms Into this five-block-long string of monster buildings it will be possible to cather a large number of the prlnolpal wholesale and Jobbing houses now do lnc business In the city. Implement men on the East Side, who are now forced to pay 10 per cent insurance upon thelr stock in order that they may be where they can handle their heavy work at first hand from the cars to the ware rooms have In several cases already an nounced their welcome of the new ar rangement and have become provisional tenants of the new syndicate. Firms on the West Side alone Water and Front. First and Second strents, which are paying a large share of their profits for dravaee will also become num bered among the first tenants, and sev eral of- them are interested in tne proposition as stockholders. Wholesalers Will Change. Already some of the big wholesale houses have begun to make arrange ments to change their headquarters as soon as the new places are ready for their occupancy and the new blocks will work a great change In the loca tlon of the wholesale heart of the city. The old effort to secure a. franchise for the O. B. & N. down Front street for the use of the wholesale housesVof that district .will. It Is now rumored, be re vived by tho property-owners who are now anxious to bring better facilities for handling freight close to their doors. FJverv detail of the new plan has been arranged, If is .said, with the excep tion of seourlng the signature of C M. Levey, of Tacoma. to the agreements between the organizers of the Jobbing center and the board of 'directors of the Northern Pacific Terminal Com Buckncr Explains Xew Torlc Ijlfe's Bonus to Agents Cleveland Tells Progress of Equlta . ble 3Iutual Plan. -VFTW TOR5C BcdL 22. Syndicate oper atlons of the Eouitable Life Assurance So- ctMv were taken ud by the Insurance in vestigating committee today, and con sumed the entire afternoon session. Henry H. Wlnthrop. assistant secretary and financial manager of that society,, was railed to the atand Immediately after re cess, and presented a. sworn record of syndicate participations of his company. also a record of sales and purchases ot securities for the past five years. He oe tailed as far as he wafi able the trans actions of the syndicate of "J. H. Hyde and Associates." and took memoranda of all Information he was able to supply. nrMoh ic tn x nresented at a later date. One of the operations was In Aftantlc Coast Line bonds. In which ''J. H. Hyde and Associates." the Equitable participat ing as a member, paid ?1.376,w5 on can ana received 14.SW profits. Mr. Wlnthrop said there was nothing on the Equitable books to show who the "associates were nor what were Mr. Hyde's personal prof its. Hyde Assigned All to Company. The Eouitable participated also In Union Pacific syndicate in the name of J. H. Hyde. and. when asked by what au thorlty the society assumed the responsl bllltr of Mr. Hyde's personal operations. Mr. Winthrop produced the minutes or the finance committee In July, 1905, show ing a wrltton assignment to the company by Mr. Hyde of his Interest In this syn dicate. The society paid Into that syndl cata S1.67O.000. Much of the information In retard to these syndicate operations Mr. "Wlnthrop said he would look up ana supply later. Just before Mr. "Wlnthrop was exam lned, Mr. Hughes read a long letterfrom lirover tneveiana, wno is a trustee wr mo policy-holders In the Equitable under the Thomas F. Hyan trust agreement. The latter was offered In evidence. Mr. Cleve land detailed the progress of the trustees In mutuallzlng the company, referred to the obstacles In the way of mutuallzation. and welcomed too aid of the committee In the trustees' work. Bonuses Paid to Agents. pany. Mr. Levey Is a member of this Doara ana nas Deen uuoeni m aoi. It Is oxhoctod that his signature will have been given by today when every thing will bo ready for the preliminary steps in construction. The block which has the least Im provement upon it of the five will be tho one which is first to receive atten tion at the hands of the new company. Upon this block will be constructed the first building, though it is the In tention of the people back of the scheme to continue the construction as fast as the work can be done satis fac torily. It is tho Intention to have all Ave of the buildings constructed and occuDled before the Northern Pacific line reaches Portland, providing that the north bank route will be con structed within the next two years as is the common thought. At the mornlnsr session. Thomas A. Buckncr, vice-president of the New York Life Insurance Company, described the aroncy system of the company and the method of paying bonuses. A "Nyllc'' sys tem inaugurated by this company, separ ating the agents who created business in grades according to terms of servloe, was exDlalned. and these bonuses. Mr. Buckner testified, were charged to renewal preml-j "Nylic" Mr. Buckner said, were, in ad ditlon to the regular agent's commission. Witness said, when asked how expensive such a system might be. that the totijl payments to vxyuc memoers aggregated less than 1 per cent of the total premiums Mr. Buckner was unable to supply a con siderable amount of Information desired. but will do so at a later period. Mr. Hughes asked for full statements of the Insurance written in the United States and Canada, also separate state ments relating to foreign countries, show ing premiums and commissions paid, tnat it might be ascertained how much. If any, the business of the New York Life In surance Company was being extended In the foreign field at the cxpenso of the The committee adjourned until next Wednesday.- Senator Armstrong, chair man, announcing that .the three days ses Ion this week seemed to he so successful that It would be tried next week, and. If tne matter ior uic counsel c&uie m w readllv as it has been doing, the sessions hereafter will be held but three days a week. 1 Operation of Jyl!c Fund. ident of the New York Life Insurance Company, who has charge ot tnat com pany" s agencies and who was unaoie to answer a number of Questions yesterday without looking up the records, was called to the stand. The matter of the yuc accounts was taken up. They Include records of a system of bonuses paid to agents. Nyllc he said, was a body drawn from the ranks of agents who create busi ness for his company. It Is divided Into five classes. Mr. Buckner said tnat wnat money agents got from Nyllc was in ad dition to regular agents' commission. Witness stated that the cost of Nyllc to day is 1 per cent of the renewal pre miums. Mr. Buckner saia mis. system was invaluable. In holding their agents in solidarity. Severance of connection with the com pany ends all benefits In the N.ew York T.fA insurance Company except In case f df-ath. when nrovlslon is made for pay ments to the. estate of a New York Life Insurance aurent above the graao oi iresn- mon for thr to six months. Further M.i.mortcm benefits were produced un der a resolution adopted in io. wmcn provides that an agent's estate may re ceive equal to U for every 51000 of Insur ance written during the year preceding his death. This, by vote of the trustees, was made an annual resolution. In the ten years this mortuary fund has Deen Htm testified. iZZ.WJ naa been paid out ior tnis purpuac. , -vr- n..oVner rv-iuM not state me Donvs nald to asents above their regular com i rAr tho Vvile svstcm. but he thought It was not a very great amount He would supply this Information later. Can Retire in Twenty Years. Mr. Buckner testified that the total pay ments to Nyllc members aggregated less than 1 per cent of the total premiums. Thi. eomnanv has 916 agents wno are member of Nvllc and over 5000 who are not. It woald be possible, Mr. uucicner calculated, for a man who had worKea 30 years to retire altogether from active labor. A second Nylic was inaugurated 7mmrr l 1S02. for agency directors, in spectors In supervisors, in tne liulcu states Canada and uio est maies. a Knnrd nr trustees was jrfven control o n fund made ud by amounts contrlDutea In part By the members and In part by the life Insurance company. Anis sunu n to lie divided among the members In 1312, according to the amounts written by the members. The fund now amounis 5937.777. In ISM, it appeared that $432,001 m Hvpn as bonuses under various writ ten agreements wltn agents, aim u.o mo. niRft n94.1L3 oald for general bonuses throughout the world, Including those for special months. "Vncr " said Mr. Hughes, "i nna o.cw. MS put down for one year for commission on Jli.04S.53S first-year premiums q 59S. These are independent ot au la ments on Nyllc?" 'What is the rate of commission In r.rnnnvr' asked .Mr. Hughes w' re "not allowed to pay more man 9 per .ceS of the first Tear's premium on any policy, ana me .vct, cent." Is America Paying Freight r- UturhM asked, for full statements rr,' -f -Ruelmer of the business written i th United States and Canada ana in the other parts of the world, both show inthat nremlums and commissions paid and all other particulars, wnicu um show to what extent, If any. tne Dusinww th. York Life was being extended throughout the world at tho expense of the American policyholders. Xo Profit on Some Syndicates UBEBKL LEADER KILLED IN CUBA Deadly Affray With the Police Marks Election in Island Republic. Carrying: ot Arms Forbidden. An extra session of the House of Repre sentatives was held tonight, at which the disturbances at Clenfuegoa-were discussed. Extra editions of tfie Liberal .papers is sued here tonight place the enure Diame for the disturbances upon the government. TJie Mayor or Havana nas isaueu proclamation forbidding the carrying of canes or weapons of any kind, with or without licenses. In the vicinity of the polling places during the elections to morrow. An official dispatch says that the Mayor of Clenfuegos has Issued . a similar proclamation and has also pro hibited the sale of alcoholic liquors. - Attempt to Kill Gomez. tn -T-i'm t rt 1 1 I uenerai jose .uiguei uumc. WHOLE NATION IN TURMOIL of Santa Clara Province, the Liberal can- diaate ior me rresmeutji . bmsu today. According to a report In circula tion the Governor declares that an at- . . tempt was raaue 10 wmj-i"""- " Vllluendas Kills Police uni " h!s 0fHCial residence iEAK IN i OF 6EEF PACK Schwarzschild and Sulzberger. May Turn State's Evidence. Khot.Down in Itiot Axoops Bushed to Scene Attempt to .-Kill Gomez. Governor Gomez said to the Associated Press that he came to Havana for the purpose of Informing President Palma that he feared the elections in his pro- fr,A -nniH nnt h fnlrlv conducted, but thnt after the occurrences at Clenfuegos he would not visit the President. Regard lnir the rumor that an attempt had been made to assassinate him, the Governor declined to say anything. He said this .-,rivi Hent. 22. Official dispatches received this afternoon from Clenfuegos announced the killing , oi w- nZZ" nn n1most at the hour that Vlllu- Enrique Vllluendas. leader 01 - readlns a tele party, and the most awe from him In which the Congress- lower house, and tne lb - . . . had becn tnreat. iwo j I at the hour In whicn ne was wruui8 Moderates. j teiegram, the policeman had Just entered The' government advices say the police teiegra p received Information tnat wiuuu . i Onvprnorded that the Congress- ..... -1 ,4 nrt a niifiniiLV ul i - -- where vuiuenaoa ,i yn deoosited. and they went to the hotel to Investigate the mawer. a .v n. nded the stairs, tnej were LUC v.w. ' " , . o n.rtv of Liberals, who fired on them, killing Chief of Police Illance. The police returned the fire, killing vmueniuu iinr. nami others. ana wuuuum t , Intense excitement prevails at Clen gos and Havana. The government author ities fear the effect which tne anair bwj man was one of his dearest friends and confidants. VXLIiTJEXDAS SHOT POLICE CHEE WEIL NO NERVOUS WRECK Official Version ot Affray Blames Leader of Liberals. WASHINGTON. Sept. 22,-Senor Que- ,n rnhnn minister, lonignt re- lues rear ine ojictu i"w' i have upon the election ot members of the celved the following dispatch from sec- election board, which will be held xomor- retary of State u ramn. gis ro- i version oi iuc uuuuw a. th. nrws snrcads throughout Hawna Today, while the cnier or o" ; ' xri.n.t.. r,ro ranidlv Ing out an order os we me .uioerauj ' . , I the premlsas of tne noiei i du gathering in their respective clubs, and It where Enrique nU8"XendaSemnred TJDon the reassembling of the commit tee this morning. Mr. Buckncr. vlce-pres -r-r -o TrinVirnn necretarv of the nmmM nf the Enultabe Ufo Assurance Society, an Its financial man- of syndicate participations, a record of sales and purchases of secrlties by the Equitable Society for the last five years. and also identineo mem. mm -i cv. .fMan Tn a nartlclDatlon in a pj-ndlcate amounting to J750.000 in Union Pacific bonds, nunn, wreu the syndicate managers. There was no nn.m a number of the syndicate txaus- . . u.rvA nn nmflfn. and Mr. Hughes BGUVim nvft. " " .asked If he hnd any reason to think tncre bad ocen pronis. jar. vtiuuuujj had not In many cases the booxs did not show who were the other participants in tno ceniMati Tn n St Paul svndlcate In 1ES9 a commission was paid, but Mr. Wlnthrop said he old not raw 10 wnom. Novem ber li. 1SC0. there was a Southern .Facinc Is feared that unless the leaders give wise counsel a clash may result tonight. Six Killed in Affray. A dtsnatch to the Associated Press from rManftiPms savs that six persons were killrd and 25 wounded during the conflict. nisreitehM to the government say that beaidos Congressman Vllluendas and Chief of Police. Illance. two policemen were killed and a number of policemen and oiviitann wounded. Rural guards are around the .entire block In which the hotel o.,i ,. .n nf the affair. Is situated. w.w - fin a trfeeram says that. Vllluendas nrea the shot which Mlled the- Chief of Police; while according ,to another telegram cue shot was fired by" VSsts Fernahdex, a. Lib eral, who has been arrested. A search of the hotel revealed two dyna mite bombs In the room occupied by Vll luendas. Tho police. In searching the hotel, were carrying out the order of a Judge, who v,-n informed that explosives were hidden there. Urgent Call for Troops. Th government has received a telegram from Senator Frias asking it to send re inforcements at once. The telegram says: While fh Clenfuegos at present tne forces are keeping order, every precaution u need. as there is danger of assault. I recommend that the authorities prevent the entrance Into Clenfuegos of possible trouble-makers who are liable to invade the city. There are fears of dynamite bombthrowing." Acting on the advice of Senator Frias. the government this evening sent a train of Ave cars loaded with rural guards, the" largest number of whom are destined for Clenfuegos, while the others will be distributed In Matanzas and Santa Clara, where advices received by the government Indicate serious trouble may occur at any time. The train also carries artillery, and the troops are supplied with 13,000 round 3 of ammunition. The feeling In Havana, tonight is most intense. The Liberals are Ittcrly de nouncing the government, saying they have received no advices from Clenfuegos (Concluded on Page 4.) ol hwu1"; .hortlv aft erward. Immediately 'and in the same place the police arrested tne aggro""" - tnrVmA at the same time by those who ae- comp&Jjled Vllluendas. The latter and an other individual aieu. """"" sons were arrested. Three policemen are seriously wounded. - i .,o-h Tinuirii ta make an ex amination ot the premises and to help the police, finding- ammunition Z ''.-J . .v- vv,j.ri Vllluendas lived. The rural guard is doing service In th? town and order is ruiiy enBoiBucu. government has taKen measures u. elecUons to be held tomorrow will take place with strict legality In alt the republic. Sneaking of the trouble at t-ieniuegos. NHnister Quesado pointed out that It was entlrelv local In character and naa no national significance whatever. It was an Incident common to popular elections. Clenfuegos Is debatable ground, he sold, and party strife runs high there. The government, he added. Is determined that the elections to take place tomorrow throughout the republic shall be conduct ed strictly according to law. Vllluendas. the member of Congress, who was killed, was a young man of great promise. He was les3 than -0 years old and had been a colonel In the Cuban army, a prosecuting attorney under the military government and a meraoer ot the constitutional convention. LIBERALS RAID ENEMY'S CLUB Shooting Among Moderates Stopped When Intruder Is Wounded. HAVANA. Sept. 22. According to ad vices received by the government from Santiag d Los Banesv three Liberals en tered the Moderate Club there Jtoday, firing rtvolvers and waving machetes. They were arrested by rural guards after one of them had been wounded. Hia Sickness Mere Pretext for Light Punishment General Belief He and Associates Will Testify Against Big Four. CHICAGO. Sept. 22. (Special.) Official of the Schwarzschild & Sulsberger Com pany will turn state's evidence In the "beef trust" cases, and will disclose secrets that may mean the penltentlary in the event of conviction, to the other defendants. Such Is the firm cocvlctlon of an attorney who has done much work "for Max Sulzberger, head of the com pany, and who even at the present time Is connected In an advisory capacity with the IegaT" department of the company. While counsel for the big packers deny that the rebate case concluded by 525.C0O fines affects the conspiracy case yet to be tried. It la believed that tho Goverr ment will And a way to make use of I yesterday's developments. Well's Sickness a Joko. "The plea of guilty did not surprise those who know the members of the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger firm. Having been extraordinarily successful In busi ness, they took long chances." said the attorney mentioned. "They did it in pleading guilty. Well sick? Why, when I read that and saw that the escape from prison was based upon his shattered health and broken-down nervous system, I laughed aloud. Well was In this very office less than a week ago. He Is a pow erfully built man, six feet or more In height, weighs 250 or more pounds, artd Is the picture of health. There Is noth ing that could bother him temperament ally. He Is the most stolid of mortals. I have known him for years and have had many occasions to study him. 3fay Testify for Government.. The Schwarzschljd & Sulzberger peo ple did not escape vlth a fine simply to save Well. The District Attorney might know of other reasons, and the people may learn these reasons when the trial comes on and the Governnfent Introduces evidence. The Schwarzschilds and Sulz bergers and the Wells and the Kleins and Welssenbachs for they are all related might take the witness stand, or at least be called by the District Attorney. "When the firm of Schwarzschild & Sulsberger first came to the stockyards it was considered an independent com pany. That Is, the members were not sup posed to bo In the combine said to have been formed among the 'big four.' It was not long, however, before emissaries sought the Armours and after months of negotiations the S. & S. people were ad mitted for a degree tc the councils of the combine and were made one of the com bine. They never, however, reached the Inner circles of Armour, Swift and Mor ris. Break Away From Agreement. "When their addition was decided upon, a sort ot gentleman's agreement. It Is allied, was submitted to them, to which they readily subscribed. Part of that agreement was that under no clrcum- or.,, nt th nartfes thereto to. MAY BE ANOTHER DUR ANT break away from the others unless with the annrovai or an. uis u8n.T.urcui, - Evidence That Girard 3Iurdered Woman Last January. srTTTc vnnTT sn 22. A newspaper because the government will not permit xllpplng found today In the room ot J 03- PORTLAND CAPITALISTS WILL SPEND $2,000,000 IN ERECTING VAST JOBBING WAREriUUotb . , . eph J. Girard, who. Is accused of killing Augusta Pfelffer. near the. "Haunted Oak." at Pelham Road, lead3 the police to suspect that Girard may Know some thine about the murder of Elizabeth Davis, ot MIddletown, N. Y DPtectlve Sereeant Price said today that the body of Mlsa Davis was found in the Wallklll River, near MIddletown, on March SO last. It bora evidence of having been maltreated as was the body ot tna Pfelffer girl, and physicians say It had becn in the water aooui iwo mumua. "The clipping we found in uirarus room." said theK detective. gave a com plete account of the finding of the body. Girard was absent from his boarding place for a week abtfut the last or Janu ary, or at almost cxacny ine onw u. shown that the Davis girl's body was .thrown Into the Wallklll." So Race Discrimination Wanted. MUSKOGEE. I. T.. Sept. 22. The West ern Negro Prens Association In anpual muinr Tior tftdav adooted resolutions. calling on the President and Congress to oppose statehood for Indian Territory and rtirioVinnin )im1fM an absolute Ruarantee v, e-ivpn that no 'Jim Crow coach ., nth. in-n-s dlscrlmlnatlnfr be tween the races In public places" will be enacted. ' Is now said, the S. & S. firm broke, and now the 'big four dread the coming trials. If I were counsel for the other people, I would bo on the alert." District Attorney Morrison today con tinued his activity against the packers. Shortly after ho appeared at hia office In the morning he left and did not return until almost noon. It Is believed he kept several Important appointments with law yers In their offices. "Attaches of the Dis trict Attorney's office refused to explain his action, and he declined to dlscus3 it. Ready to Argue Objections. The Government is now, in complete readiness. It is declared, to meet the ar guments of the corporation lawyers next week, when the hearing on the plea In abatement is heard. The Government of ficials, after the filing ot the plea, worked almost all of one night In preparations, and, it Is declared, have a number of Im portant points of law to present to tne court. xrr Morrison tonlsht announced that the Government would proceed against tho railroads for paying rebates immedi ately after the packers' trials. It Is be lieved somebody has "squealed" and the Government has secured important tesqti mopy. ' New Date for Inauguration. -rrr a eTTT-NrrcTfYN". Sent. 22. District Com missioner McFarland. chairman of the committee to consider the advisability of changing the date or tne ceremvuy the Inauguration of the President of the United States, has Issued a call for the meeting of the committee on November S. The committee Is composed of the Gov- r -11 fht. tates and territories ana 15 residents of tho District of Columbia. Among the dates suggested for the cere- ,r r Anrii ao and the last Thursday In April. The change 13 urged by reason of tne mciement wcamer mm.-- w prevails In Washington on Aiarcn Spanish Workmen for Canal. da xr a -via snt. 22. It Is reported that President Amador and the Canal Com eavnrin to attract Span- llsrf Immigrants from the famine-stricken 'districts of Gallcia. Many are conawereu. to be the best worxmen xn jranaro. a q?. Russian colonists at ChlrlquI are maklnc good- progrew.