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THE SIOKNES'a OREGONIAJT, WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 18, 1905, .....st-.i- -i IT AFTER m France Sends Fleet With American Approval. MAY BLOCKADE VENEZUELA If Apology for InsulttofcMIniStet Is Xot Forthcoming, 'Commerce "Will Cease Root Knows -Plan of Action. 1 " "WASHINGTON", Oct. 17. In sending warships to the West Indies France is acting not only with the knowledge butH with the full approval of the Washington J Government. Before this" Action was de cided upon. M. Jusser&nd, -the .French Ambassador, informed Secretin; Root of 3iis goernment's course of action, which.' Ihe Secretary heartily approved. . . It Is made clear that the "Washington .nd Paris governments have arrived at a thorough understanding regarding Vene zuela. v ,'."" J5AYS OTHERS AIDED 3IATOS 3cneral Greene Admits Asphalt Men's Part in Revolution. ' NEW YORK, Oct. 17. General Francis" v . Greene, ex-presldent of the na tional Asphalt Company, 'was examined today before United States Commissioner Gilchrist as a witness In behalf o'f the Venezuelan government in the action .instituted by the latter against the New York & Bormudez Company to recover about $11,000,000 because, of -jthc Hatter or- canlzatlon's alleged assistance to the jtfatos revolution in 190L ' General Greene was'-'asTced but one question, put by Rufus-B- Sowing. Jr., representing the Venezuelali"goycrnment, which was as follows: ' -- "State whether when. you returned from Europe In 1901. youkn$w John M. Slack, Avery D. Andrews' and Arthur Azwell or any of them", as representa tives of the National A.sppalt Company or any of the allied companies; wcreyin communication with Matos or were aid ing him with money "or In any other jpianner?" - ' ' My only knowledge;" replied General Sreene, "of this matterpomc from what as told me by Messrs. "Mack. Andrews and Sewell. When I returned from Europe In October. 1901, J, was surprised to iarn from them that .during my ab VnCe inej: had decided to support Matos in his contestwlth Castro. I told them that I thought they had. made a great mistake, because' -w,hat, hcy had done was not acting In 00$,' faith with the State Department at Washington, which up to that time and leaning As represen tations made by mo tpSecretarj- Hay, had supported the Bornfudez Company io such an extent as to enable It to continue in possession of Its proporty. I told them that. In view -of what they had done during my absence. It would ' lie Impossible for me to make any fur ther claims at the State department in Washington in favor pt the Bermudcz Company, , and in fact I never did after that go to the State Department in be half of the Asphalt Company. While I was president of the National Asphalt1 Company. Mr. Mack and? 'his friends con rolled a large majority of the stock, and Tie was also vice-president of the com pany, virtually In contrqifof jt. The com pany passed into the hands of a re ceived about two months lai'er'and at tbat time I had practically no voice In the management of the company. My (connection with it ended a .'few months Jater and for considerably' more" than three years 1 have had no connection with the Asphalt Company ofany; kind what ever." The hearing was adjourned until to morrow in Washington. VLEET AVIIiL BE READY TO ACT IF Castro Docs Not Apologize, France AVI II Blockade IPojts. PARIS, Oct. 17. The departure of $he armored cruiser Desalx. froVn Cherbourg svesterday for the Island ot' Martinique, French West Indies, . inaugurates the preparations for dealing" with the Vene zuelan question with 'a strong hand if President Castro persists -In, his present course. The Desalx WilL'st'op at Brest, where she will be joined, by-the cruisers Lavoisier and CbasseloupUttibeL The three warships will proceed to gether to the French West Indies, joining the cruisers Jurlen do 'la Gravlere and Troude, now at MarUiriqoe. The division of ships will be under Admiral Bevoe de 3a Peyer. The rendezvous, ;will be Fort de .France. .Martinique. . . These steps are probabls precautionary. as the ofiicials here are still hopeful that the President will maktj suitable amends. Therefore, no orders have been Issued con cerning the nature of the" ultimate naval action against Venezuela; as these await the assemblage of the, ships and the re suit of the diplomatic negotiations. There Is no deslro here to "have the as semblage of the warships- taken as a menace. On the contrary', the French authorities are deferring . the announce ment of their final plans .until President Castro's protracted inaction "shows he Is not willing to make any amends. It is pointed out that. President Castro's withdrawal of his offensive action toward M. Talgny. the French, Charge d' Affaires, and the presentation ofiasuitablc expla nation would avert the'necesslty of France adopting stronger means of persuasion. The duration of the -voyage to Fort de .France will bo about two' weeks. There- Tore, time remains forrPresldent Castro to make explanations. t Is understood that the demonstration, if finally resorted to. will take the forraefcav blockade- of Venezuelan ports. .... PREPARES RESERVE "VESSELS Prance Also Sends Supplies of Am munition to Martinique. CHERBOURG. Oct. 37.Actl'e work Is going on here In preparing're.aervc vessels for service In case of . eventualities .in enezuola. The arsenal and the artillery depot are working at Yull pressure. --The cruiser Desalx. which left yesterday, took -large stores of ammunition-ior-Fr, D? Says Cable Company intrigued." NEW YORK, Oct. 17. A cable dispatch to the Herald from LaGuayra says: The ConstituclOnal announces further disclo sures from M Sauvages' documents, show, ing complicity of the French "Cable" Con! nanv In the SDanlsh war. and In oblltlca? dissensions In Martinique and. Guadeloupe. HAD CO N D EM NJED J3 Q ILEFIS Ensign Wade Testifies About Explt sion on Bennington. MARE ISLAND. Cal., Oct 17. At to day's session of the Young court-martial, Lieutenant-Commander Bartlett made several other changes In his previous testimony, and the defense closed Its ex- a3nThatI6n.at7;tb4: witness.. Tha Judge- Advocate stated that on October 12 he had, -without consulting anybody, tele graphed to the Secretary of the Navy asking that Bartlett be retained as asso ciate counsel for the prosecution. After that he learned from air- Bartlett tbat the position would prove a strenuous one to him. because of Ill-health, but the reply received directed Bartlett to assist in the prosecution of the case. Bartlett was then briefly cross-examined, after which he took his place as associate counsel for ine prosecution. After the identification of drawings made by Joseph Emerson, Ensign Charles F. Wade was called 'as a witness. He tes tified that he had b"een in charge of Uie engineering department of the Bennington slnco October 29, 1904, continuously, with the exception of two or three periods, lasting our or five days, when he was on the sick list. He had not, hesaid, had previous experience as an engineer on boarjl a cruising vessel. The witness told int aeuui 01 wnat .nanpenea in pis .oepan- meni on me morning 01 uic explosion. The, witness had made adverse reports on all the boilers before the' explosion. In his steam log Jie- had. in his first quar- -terty report roported them fair, in the second good, and In the last poor. All the boilers were tested at Bremerton a year ago, by water pressure! THEY STAND BY UNCLE S! CUBAN qOMMERCIAIi MEN TVANT PERMANENT TREATY. Committee. Appointed to Urge Movc .incnt, Which Mean's Death r to AngloCuban Treaty. 3IAVANA. Oct. 17. The seven commer cial, industrial and agricultural associa tions of Cuba, at a joint meeting hero today, unanimously passed a resolution that tlje gr-at commercial need of Cuba la a new, and. u possible, a permanent, commercial treaty with the United States. The meeting elected a committee to ini tiate a movement toward obainirig such a treaty. Louis Galban. a .leading importer and president oi tr.e Havana Chamber of Commerce, was chosen president of the joint movement, and other permanent offi cers were elected. It is expected that. the movement pre sages the onaIn death pf the Anglo Cuban commercial treaty, the ratification of which is now pending in the Senate: SAFE UNDER AMERICAN" SHIELD Cuban Moderates Declare -the Piatt Amendment Guards Republic. HAVANA Ost. 17. The, Moderate party today issued a manifesto eulo gizing: the acts of President Pal ma'js administration and pointing out the errors of the allegations scattered broadcast with the object of discredit ing the government. Regarding the Piatt amendment the manifesto ays: The Piatt amendment, which Is so much opposed, ban given evidence of its benefits in guaranteeing the integrity .of our N'at.lonal territory, preserving ub from Imposition and freeing u from tlio danger of' being trapped by any powerful nation- which might teek to control the world .through any .insignificant pretext. The amendment also relieves, ub of the necewity of an enormous cxpenie In main taining an Army and Navy. -.which, after all, -tvould not prevent any foreigners from inter fering in our Internal affairs. ' MORTON F0R PUBLICITY Advocates Public Examination of Accounts of AH Corporiatloirs. " NEW YOBlt, 6ct.17. Th$ annual din ner of the American' Association of Pub lic Accountants was Held tonight 1n rthe Hofel'Astor. Among the guests of honor were President Faul Morton, of the .Equi table Life Assurance Society: Jacob H. Schlff. Controller E. M. Grout, John R. Van Wormerana Eugene A. -Philbln. Mr. schlff said that the conditions which-are now claiming the attention of Investigators and the public were largely due to the fact that unprecedented devel opment and success of corporate Interests In some instances led active officers to forget that a corporation cannot be ad ministered like a private concern, and that executive officers owe accountability to those from whom they derive their 'pow ers. Mr. Morton said .In part: . I believe I am -olclng President Itoose velt's sentiments when I.ay that, if he had his way, he would ihlt that every great corporation. of this country might be investi gated once a year by public and Inde pendent auditors, that Investors might be protected, directors informed and employes led not into temptation. J am of those who believe that the evils from n&t having pub licity are greater than those from publicity. Publicity is sure to come and is sure to stay in this, country and a time Is near at hand when 'doctored boolckeeperlng will be treated in the same way .that .other mal practice is. I know of no man who has done more to bring about a keener realizing sense of the dangers that have threatened our great cor porations, our financial institutions and our republican form ot .government than. Theo dore Roosevelt. FEVER IS ALMOST EXTINCT Emergency Hospital Closes People Pour Into New Orleans. NEW- ORLEANS, Oct. 17.TeUow fever report to 6 P. L: New cases, 6: total to date, 335; deaths, 1: total to date, 435; new foci, 2; cases under treatment, 125; cases discharged. 2773. Further evidence that the Marino" Hospital authorities believe the ex tinction of yellow, fever in New Or leans to be a matter of only a short time was given today, when it was an nounced that no further patients would be received for treatmeat In-, the emer gency hospital. There were in the hos pital today- only 23 ' under treatment Usui, whca these have been discharged as cured, it will be finally .closed. The services of 11 acting surgeons 'TecrUlted from" the ranks of prominent physicians were dispensed with today. The rush of .New -Orleans .people to their homes, continues, partly induced by the fact'that the danger from fever is "practically 'over and 'partly by anxifetj-" to5 -bo bore -during -the visit, of President Roosevelt. SULLIVAN HANDS BURNS HIS tJcts Decision at - End of; Twcttty Rounds of Good Fighting. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct 17. "Twin" Sullivan was- awarded the decision over T-otamr Burns tonight' at the end of the twen tie ih round. " ' The "bfettihg was In favor of Sullivan at 10to 9.. SulUvan clearly outpointed,, out generaled and outfought his opponent al most from pie commencement to the .fin ish. 'Burns bought 'for Sullivan's head almost entirely, but his blows failed to l&nd with effect. Sullivan exhibited clev erness In ducking and sidestepping and in covering from attacks. Beforo the fight was half over Burns was showing the ef fect of the body punishment he was re ceiving, and the continual hammering took nearly all the steam that he exhib ited at the start out of him. Neither man. however, was badly used up at the end of UiBllg)it." Sullivan ..showing hut & lew slight evidences of the encounter. ran rack. SWIMS IN Pi jfponlnued from First Page.) obviously Tequlres no comment, let me, ask you to tell us to the best of your ability some of the lines on which your company-Js conducted," said Mr. Hughes. Mr. MoCufdy insisted that his actuary must answer the questions of dividends paid and how they arc calculated. Ho declined to cnte Into any explanation further than that the policy-holder above referred to had a reduced-rate policy. Mr. McCurdy said If a" copy of the policy holder's letter was furnished him ho would havo the matter looked up. Mr. Hughes said: the reason he took up this .subject with Mr. McCurdy instead of the actuary was that Mr. McCurdy had submitted a great many figures to show the Increase In the salary of the witness was due to the great prosperity of tho company. Refuses to Discuss Question. Mr. McCurdy many times t'doqlined to answer" ..questions by Mr. Hughes. "I don't want your discussions." said 2Ir. Hughes. "If you say youdon't know, we'll not expt an .answer." " "l decline to discuss tho question." wit ness said. "Dp you know?" "I "decline to discuss the question." "Do you refuse to answer the ques tion?' "I decline to discuss the question. I have proffered you a witness whope busl .ness it Is to know all of these facts you are looking for." Other letters from policy-holders were read to Mr. McCurdy, showing a gradual reduction of dividends, and he . replied that -the decrease was due to the ap proach of the maturity of the policy. Questioned further to explain what ho meant, he again refused to "discuss tho question.'" Mr. Armstrong then asked the witness wnat relation the approach of tho ma turity of the policy had to Its earning capacity, and witness refused to be "drawn Into a discussion." Mr. Armstrong then said he did not think Mr. McCurdy comprehended tho scope of the commit tee, and that. If the committee dcrircd his judgment of the Insurance business, witness should be glad to give It. Squirms Under the Ordeal. Mr. McCurdy again proffered his actu-- ary to furnish the Information desired. He protested so strongly against the man ner in which the investigation was being conducted that Mr. Armstrong asked how he would conduct it "I don't know. I don't impugn the mo tives of thla committee, of which you arc the. worthy chairman." "If there is a better wav of conducting this investigation. Mr. McCurdy," said Mr. Armstrong, "we would be most hap py to ieanr it." ' Senator Tully asked the witness' if he thought the committee was too thorough in the investigation, and tho witness re plied that he did not. Mr- McCurdy said he thought that put ting a witness under oath and making him feel, that he is on the rack is apt to produce Incorrect answers. His answers. he said, were published in a distorted manner that looked liko an attempt to ruin him. "Why shouldn't a witness shut his mouth up?" he continued. "When a wit ness comes here and tells frankly all that ho knows, tho committee should consider such testimony in executive session, to see what further steps should be taken, but to attempt to drag from a witness anything further than. he knows, makes him look, well, like a criminal." Recurring to the question of reduction of dividends, witness again declined to give a direct answer. figures don t He, but liars can figure," was Mr. McCurdy's reply after Mr. Hughes had read a long list of policies with the amount 'they were taken out for, tho amount paid In. and the dividends re ceived by the policy-holders. Mr. Mc Curdy continued: iou have a right to get your case in your own way, Mr. Hughes, I have not followed the figures. There are too many for anybody to follow. I have no doubt that all those statements and figures can be explained by the proper- persons. I do not attribute any lie to anybody. 1 say It facetiously." Salaries None Too Fat, Ho Says. ".Well, let's see what you do to reduce expenses of your company. Do you re duce salaries?" said Mr. Hughes. "Well, cr " (here there was great laughter). "You are entitled to that laugh," ho said. "Let me see how can 1 answer that." Mr. Hughes than brought out that sal aries had been slightly reduced in the re forms of Clerical force and general" agen cies. , "I have not reduced the salaries of tho executive officers; they were never cut. They were none too fat, anyway," said Mr. McCurdy. Mr. McCurdy said he would furnish fig ures to show how much the expenses had been reduced by the reforms. He said he had tried to reduce expenses of the legal department. Mr. Hughes said that the legal expenses for last year were greater than heretofore. Mr. McCurdy denied any responsibility for any statements made by other witnesses. He said he had or dered discontinued many suits and dis missed a number of attorneys. Mr. Hughes read a complaint order by Going to Bed Hungry It' Is All Wrong and Man Is the XDnly Oreatare Tbat Does It. The complete emptln-s of the stom ach during sleep aJds greatly to the amount of emaciation, sleeplessness and .general weakness so often met with. There Js a perpetual change of tissues in the body, sleeping or waking, and the supply of nourishment ought to be somewhat continuous and food taken. Just before retiring, adds more tissue than ik destroyed and Increased weight and vigor is the. result. IJr. W. T. Cath ell says: "All animals except man eat before sleep and there Is no reason In Nature why man should form the ex ception to the rule." If people who are thin, nervous and sleepless would take a light lunch of bread and milk or oatmeal and cream and at same time take a safe, harm less stomach remedy like Stuart's Dys pepsia Tablet Jp order to aid the stom ach In digesting it. the result will be a surprising increase In weight, strength .and general vigor. The only drawback has been that thin, nervous, dyspeptic people cannot digest and ' assimilate wholesome food at night or at any other time. For such it Is absolutely neces sary to use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, because they. will digest the food, no matter how weak the stomach may be, nourishing the body and resting tho stomach at the same time. Dr. Stevenson says: "I depend almost entirely upon Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets in treating Indigestion, because it Is- not a juack -nostrum, and I know Just what they contain, a combination of vegetable essences, pure pepsin. They cure Dyspepsia and stomach troubles, because they can't help but cure." Stu art's Dyspepsia Tablets are "sold by druggists everywhere at 50 cents per package. Tbey are In lozenge form, pleasant to take, and contain nothing but pure pepsin, vegetable essences and bismuth., scientifically compounded. Tour druggisf "wifi'Cell you they give universal satisfaction. a prominent lawyer, well known to Presi dent McCurdy. The lawyer In a long let ter described the falling off In the divi dends of his own and 200 other policies. The figures given in the lawyer's letter indicated that the dividends began de creasing In 1SS6. going down in his case from $16 In that year to $2.75 In 1901. Mr. Hughes stated that before 1SS5 the theory of a high surplus was not put In opera tion, and up to that date policy-holders were paid reasonable dividends, but un der the surplus theory dividends de creased. "Have you any comment to make upon the lawyer's letters?" asked Mr. Hughes. Ills Salary Not Affected. "I have no doubt the statements made In the letter can be successfully contro verted or properly explained by persons In the employ of the company conversant with the facts." was the reply. Said Mr. Hughes: "I will ask you It the excess of" Interest from which divi dends are4 paid to policy-holders Is not now less than in former years." "If It is said so in our official llteraturo it must be so." "But the Interest earned was not so much reduced as to affect your salary." "I don't think tbat question Is perti nent." ."I think it is very pertinent." "I did not fix my salary or discuss It in a commendatory way. Other people fixed 1U" "Would you not think it proper to con sider it In connection with the diminish ing rate of Interest?" "I am not considering any such condl tlon.V Mr. McCurdy said, in reply to questions, that he did not know the retainer of James F. Pierce. ex-Supcrlntendent of In surance of New York State, who was em ployed by the Mutual Life Insurance Com pany as attorney. Fields Recommends Payments. Witness did not know the reason for an order to the cashier of the company from Vice-President Glllctt to pay Mr. Pierce $2509 in January, 1503. A voucher of January 16, 1005, for $750, to James R. Craig for professional serv ices, was "recommended for payment by Fields." Witness, did not know Craig. He was asked what right A. C. Fields, as super intendent of the supply department, has to order payment of legal expenses, and replied: "Every right In the world if he knew about them." v Witness could give no further informa tion on this voucher. It was shown that Fields has been superintendent of tho "supply department for 15 years, and more or less under the direction of the law department to look after legislation. Wit ness approved of this. He did not know where Mr. Fields is now, but saw him last Summer, when he was helped Into the office of the witness. At this point Mr. Beck presented an affidavit from Mr. Fields' physician, stat ing mat ineias was advised in April to take a long trip either to Southern Cali fornia or Southern France. The physician further deposed that he has not seen Fields since July, and that he Is informed he Is now In Southern California Other vouchers for payments for legal services that had been verified by Fields were shown Mr. McCurdy, but he "was un able to explain any of them. A vouchor for money for professional service paid to J. H. Howard. Jr., of $2500. was marked "on account" and repayable on demand. This was authorized by Mr. McCurdy, but he did not know who or dered it charged to legal expenses. Asked who Howard was, witness said he con ducted a literary and correspondence bu reau and wrote for newspapers. Mr. Mc Curdy further testified that ho paid How ard about $2300 a year for his services, and that the $2500 paid on the voucher in ques tion "might be in the nature of an ad vance or a loan. AVliy .Fields Lives in Albany. . Asked if ho knew that Mr. Fields had a houso In Albany, witness said that, owing to his health. It was thought bet- S l0-V e ,n a Prlte house rathtjrj than at a hotel and so Mr. Fields with Hhres other men. hired a house for a season and paid $S00 for It. Pressed further, he stated Mr. Fields was there on legisla tive matters. Mn McCurdy did not know Andrew Hamilton and never saw him. He was surprised to learn that tho Mutual Life Insurance Company had ever paid him any money. Mr. Hughes showed Mr. McCurdy a let ter, which the lattor read on the wit ness stand. It was- from William Barnes. Jr., of Albany, who wrote that "Mr. Barnes senior's honorarium, which has usually been paid by July 1. has not yet been received." The letter also re quested a check. It was signed by Wil liam Barnes. Jr., as consulting counsel. Mr. McCurdy said that he did not know that Mr. Barnes. Jr.. was a lawyer. He said that Mr. Barnes. Sr.. returned his father's receipt for $656.65, which was attached to the letter. The voucher was indorsed by Vice-President Grannis. who wrote on it. "if this is the usual time for paying this, do so." Educators of Legislators. In the afternoon session Mr. McCurdy was questioned concerning Mr. Field's business in Albany. He replied: Re was looking after leglMitloa. If legis lation tvere not watched In every state, every corporation would be culpable for not protect In? lu Interest. If legislation was not watched the Insurance companies would be legislated and superintended out of buMne&s 1 in five years. It Is the duty of Insurance companies to watch legislation In all the states. Mr. Hughes showed to Mr. McCurdy a petition .for tho payment of $300 to William A. Frlcke, formerly Insurance Commis sioner of Wisconsin, and a letter from Charles Lewis, an attorney of Madison, Wis. The letter stated that Mr. Fricke would accept a retainer "to see that the interests of the Mutual Life should come to no harm" in that state. Mr. McCurdy did not remember the de tails. He said: Mr. LevrlB told me he bad spend a Winter In educating the minds of legislators In either Michigan. Wisconsin or Ohio, with regard to certain legislation sJTectlng the Insurance com panies. Ho proceeded to the capital of tho state and discovered the. residences of coll tlcal god-parents, the relations and neichbor- , hoods of the- legislators. It meant Journey after Journey up and down the rlate and the i Inducing of men to go, too, who would ex pect their expensea and something. Then ho went to Washington and spent some weeks getting acquainted with tho Senators and Con gressmen from tbat state. He got on a friendly footing with them, so he might speak to them of the damage legislation would do to Insurance business, and got lettera from, them back to the legislators In the State As sembly. For this he received $5000 for his own services and employing men. but not one dollar except for legitimate purposes. "What did he pay men forT" "Well, many of them were laymen and he bad to pay them to sit and listen to him. I say this explains the matter, and I resent the suggestion that the money was spent In im proper ways, but I think It would be Improper to' publish the names of some of those be em ployed." Can you recall at all what legislation you thought It necessary to oppose? That would not be in my province. If I -undertook to run all the departments I would soon, run myself under ground. Barnes Fee for Lobbying. Do you recall the attempt last Winter to repeal' section 15 of the Insurance law, unSer which no action to force any domestic In surance company to give an accounting could be brought without the consent of the Attorney-General? At first Mr. McCurdy said he did not remember such a bill, but finally said he did remember that there was such a bill brought In by State Senator Brackett. "What attitude did you- take In the jnatter?" "None, that I am aware of." "Did you not pay "William Barnes, Sr., or Albany,, a bill lately?" "No- Yes; nb.w.1 remember he said he had appeared before a committee and argued some questions before It. He sent In his bill and I paid it," Te piled Mr. McCurdy. . Mr. Hughes produced a voucher and correspondence. This showed that $1000 was paid Barnes for three argu ments and certain documents drawn up for the Insurance committee a't Albany The correspondence explained that the late Edward L. Short, solicitor of tho company, had arranged to pay Mr. Barnes for opposing the Brackett bllU the New York Life paying him a liko amount. The letter stated that Mr. Barnes had received $1000 from Judge Hamilton on behalf of the New Tork Life, and the bill to the Mutual was for the same amount. Mr. McCurdy explained he had paid more attention to this matter because no permanent head of the law depart ment' had been appointed since the death of Mr. Short. What Is Policy-Holders Interest? In what sense was It to the Interest of tho policy-holders to oppose the repeal of this section? I do- not suppose I paid the least attention to what tho services were. I received a note from the acting head of the department and S3 authorized the payment. Is thero any possibility. If the matters are left to the law department, of bills in tho Interest of the policy-holders being opposed? It tney were, I should set another general solicitor. Will you Rive your own opinion of this pro posed repeal? I will abandon my usual habit of sovel reading tonight and will give my best atten tion to this matter. I do not like to answer ofThand. A voucher for $10,000, dated May 25, 1902. for the first payment of a con tract on that date to Thomas H. Bowles, was brought up. Witness said Bowles was an agent at one time. Tho money was In part settlement of a suit Bowles brought against the company for claims after his removal in Mil waukee. Bowles organized a campaign of policyholders against the company and the company settled the suit for $30,000. Bowles Denounced Officers. "Witness said Bowles was released for Insubordination, which consisted In oppos ing the changing of his general agency to a salaried agency. Mr. Bowles had ad dressed a letter to the trustees denounc Ing the president. Mr. McCurdy could not say whether he had a copy of that letter. Mr. Hughes handed to the witness a pack age and asked if he recognized It as a copy of Mr. Bowies' communication. which he did. The letter charged cxtrav. agancc in the management of the com pany, neglect of all sound principles In Inviting business; that It was consumed with ambition to write new business, wrote fictitious new business and em ployed incompetent men because they were relatives of tho high officials. The trustees referred the matter to the president with power, witness testified. He added that the president had not read the letter. Witness read only sufficient of It to see what It was and then removed Bowles. To the charge in the Bowles letter that McCurdy provided fat offices for his fam ily, witness replied In a long statement how his son. Robert H. McCurdy. had become the general manager. Witness detailed the education his son had re ceived to adapt him to take up the foreign business, and said also that he was loyal to the company. "I know of no other man's son in this city or anywhere else," he continued, "who could hold that position as the man I appointed to it." ALL JOIREE ARE IN CONTEMPT Officers of Western Life Violate In junction or Court. CHICAGO. Oct. 17. Federal Judge Kohlsaat today issued a rule against G. M. Moulton, E. I. Rosenfeld and E. D. Moore, members of the executive commit tee of the "Western Life Indemnity Com pany, to show cause why they should not be adjudged in contempt of court. S. O. jevinson, counsel tor various policy holders, declared that the three officials had purchased S00O shares of tho Security Life & Annuity Company for $200,000 Sep tember 20. after the court had issued a verbal injunction against any such trans action. Only for Legal Services. NANTUCKET, Mass., Oct. 17. "William Barnes, Sr., formerly counsel for the New Tork Life Insurance Company, but now a resident of this town, tonight stated. that he had been but slightly connected with the Mutual Life, although he had furnished Its officers with different legal opinions on Insurance questions. He de clared that the only money he had re ceived from any life insurance company was for strictly legal services. Admits He Is Mutual's Lobbyist. LANSING, Mich., Oct 17. S. S. Olds tonight admitted that he had for several years been paid a retainer by the Mutual Life Insurance Company. Mr. Olds said that his particular work consisted of look Ing after legislation securing tho defeat of undesirable bills. He denied, however. that he had ever known money to be paid to members of the Legislature in connec tion with Insurance legislation. Demurrers to Equitable Sult- NEW YORK. Oct. 17. Demurrers were served today In the action of New York state against the Equitable Life As surance Society and its directors on behalf of ex-President James W. Alexander, Henry M. Alexander, William M. Alex ander and Valentine P. Snyder. Texas Plans an Inquisition. AUSTIN, Texas. Oct. 17. Life insurance companies seeking to enter Texas after this year will have to answer numerous and largely personal questions before a permit Is given them. These questions will be ready for use by January 1, when all permits now outstanding will expire. Investigate Casualty Insurance. NEW YORK, Oct. 17. The necessity for legislation regulating casualty Insurance as well as life insurance was laid be fore the annual convention of the Board of Casualty Insurance here today by Judge Stone of Baltimore. 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MOTHER OF THE FAMILY. The anxious mother of the family oftentimes carries the whole burden of responsibility so far as the home med ication of common ailments of the girls or boys are concerned. The cost of the doctor's visits are very often much too great. At such times the mother is invited to write to Dr. R. V. Piercej of Buffalo, N. Y., for medical advice, which is given free. Correspondence is held sacredly confidential. IT STANDS ALONE. "Favorite Prescription " is the only medicine for women the makers of which are not afraid to print just what it is made of on every bottle wrapper. It is the only medicine for women every ingredient of which has the unan imous endorsement of all the lead ing medical writers of this country, recommending it for the cure of the very same diseases for which this "Pre scription1 is advised. ' A mother's love. A mother's love is so divine that the roughest man cannot help bnt appre ciate it as the crown of womanhood. However, motherhood is often looked forward to with feelings of great dread by most women. At such times a woman is nervous, dyspeptic, irritable, and she is in need of a uterine tonic and nervine, a strength builder to fit her for the ordeal. No matter how healthy or strong a woman may be she cannot but be benefited by taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription to prepare for the event. It makes childbirth easy and often almost painless. DR. PIERCE'S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION is a powerful, invigorating tonic. It imparts strength to the whole system and to the womb and its appendages in particular. For overworked "worn out." "run-down," debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing mothers and feeble women generally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly boon, being un equaled as an appertizing cordial and restorative tonic. A STRENGTHENING NERVTNE. "Favorite Prescription" is unequaled and is invaluable in allaying ana sub duing nervous excitability, irritability, nervous exhaustion, prostration, neu ralgia, hysteria, spasms, chorea, or St. Vitus's dance, and other distressing nervous symptoms commonly attend ant upon functional and organic dis ease of the womb. It induces refresh ing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and despondency. A SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is UnderbenF BKISKA&3P Bii-i-ei-s Choicest of bitters. Each "nip" gives new zest to life and wipes out a. wrinkle. Qeates healthy appetite and banishes indigestion. It is "bot tled health" and a delicious drink. Enjoyable as a Cocktail and Better for You. 6,000,000 BOTTLES IMPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES At all hotels, clubs, restaurants, wine merchants, grocers, etc. Bottled only by H. UNDERBERG ALBRECHT, Rheinberg, German', Since 1846. LUYTIES BROTHERS, General Agent. TILLMAN & BENDEL, San Francisco, Pacific Slope Distributers. IN A WEEK nr. a r.r-a ? avprv case we undertake or charge no fee. ConsuItaUon we guarantee a cure m eveo caBO""--.- mc-v in free. Letters confidentlaL Instructive " AVKWeecure the worst cases of plies In two or three treatments, without operation. Urief wSuinot call at office, write for question blank. Home treatment sue CeSOfflce hours. 9 to 5 and 7 to S; Sundays and holidays. 10 to 12. DR. W. NORTON DAVIS & CO. Offices In Van-Noy Hotel. 52 Third at.. Cor. Pine, Portland. Or. a scientific medicine, carefullv devised by an experienced and skillful phy sician, and adapted to woman's deli cate organism. It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfectly harm less in its effects in any condition of the system. For morning sickness or nausea, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia and kindred symptoms, its use will prove very beneficial. CUBES" OBSTINATE CASES. "Favorite Prescription" is a positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of leucorrhea, exces sive flowing, painful menstruation, un natural suppressions and irregularities, prolapsus or falling of the womb, weak back, " female weakness, anteversion, retroversion, bearing-down sensations, chronic congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness of the ovaries, accompanied with "internal heat." HOW TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL. Young women or matrons should not allow themselves to look sallow and wrinkled because of those pains and weaknesses which become chronic and are the result of colds, tight lacing, and the imprudent care of the womanlv sys tem. Manv a woman would look beau tiful, have healthy color and bright eves if it, were not for those drains on her strength and those weaknesses which come all too frequently and make her life miserable. There is a ready-to-use Prescription, used a great many years by Dr. R. V. Pierce in his large practice as a Specialist in women's diseases, which is not like the many "patent medicines" on the market, as it contains neither alcohol nor any narcotic, or other harm ful drug. It is purely vegetable. It it known as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription and is sold by druggists. DR. PIERCE'S PLEASANT PELLETS cure biliousness, sick and bilious head ache, dizziness, costiveness, or con stipation of the bowels, loss of appe tite, coated tongue, sour stomach, windy belchings, " heartburn," pain and distress after eating, and kindred derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels. Persons subjected to any of theje troubles should never be without a vial of the "Pleasant Pellets" at hand. In proof of their superior excellence it can truthfully be said that they are always adopted as a household remedy after the first trial. One little "Pellet" is a laxative, two are cathartic. They regulate, invigor ate and cleanse the liver, stomach and bowels. As a "dinner pill," to promote digestion, take one each day. To re lieve the distress arising from over eating, -nothing equals one of these little "Pellets." They're tiny, sugar coated, anti-bilious granules, scarcely larger than mustard seeds. HEALTH AND HAPPINES8. How to live in health and happiness, is the general theme of Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser. This great work on medicine and hvgiene, containing over 1000 pages and more than 700 illustrations, is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing onlu. Send 31 one-cent stamps for the cloth-bound volume, or only 21 stamps for the book in paper covers. Jnderitf New Tork. We treat successfully nit private nerv ous and chronic diseases oC men. also blood, stomach, heart, liver, kliney and throat troubles. We cure SYPHILIS without mercury) to stay cured forecr. "We remove STRICTURE without opera tion or pain. In 15 days. We stop drains, night losses and sper matorrhoea by a new method, in a we"lc We can restore the sexual vigor ot any man undr 50 by means o local treatment peculiar to ourselves. We Cure Gonorrhoea in a Week The doctors of this Institute arc all reg ular graduates, have had many years ex perience, have been known In Portland for 15 years, have a reputation to maintain, and will undertake no case unless certain cure can be effected.