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0 THE MORXIXG OREGOSTAN, "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1906- flOTTYRIM OVER ITS AGENTS Peabody Denies the Charges Against the Mutual Life Management. WHY HE REMOVED HINDMAN State Insurance Commissioners to Investi gate the election methods of the officers of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. Mr. O'Brien replied in the affirmative: MI'TUAL LIFE MEN INDICTED Charges of Perjury and Embezzle mem in Indiana. jury today returned indictments against William Barney, president; 9amuel Stew, art. secretary and Carl Barney, treas urer and manager of the Mutual Life In surance Company. There fts one Indict ment each against Barney ana atewart for perjury In their report to the State ornatlon of perjury and embezzlement. 'ot for Running for Trustee, bat for Attacking Integrity or Officials. Kentucky Has Power to Oust Company. FRANKFORT, Ky, Oct. 16. Charles A. PeaboiJy. president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, ap peared here today before Insurance Com missioner H. R. Pruitt to answer charges which were read to him hy the commis sioner. These charges covered attempts to coerce. Intimidate and otherwise In fluence agents of the company into soliciting votes for the ticket known as the administration ticket; compelling salaried employes of the company to electioneer and solicit votes for that ticket: threatening emplopes of the com pany with discharge unless they loyally supported the administration ticket; dis charge of several of the managing agents of the company because they or some klosmen of theirs have accepted a nomi nation on & ticket other than the ad ministration ticket, or because they would not support and solicit votes for that ticket; "and that you have lately dismissed Colonel Blsco Hlndman. late managing agent of the company in Ken tucky, because he accepted a nomination for trustee on a ticket other than the administration ticket and because he re fused or failed loyally to support the candidates on the administration ticket." Why He Removed Hindman. To these charges Mr. Peabody enteref a denial and, when It came to explaining the dismissal of Colonel Hindman, he said he could not have dismissed him for being on the trustees ticket because Col onel Hindman had told him that he had not accepted the nomination. Jlr. Pea body stated that Colonel Hindman had openly and avowedly attacked the in tegrity of the management, ana that his position was not consistent with a pro-, per performance of hie duties as an In surance n.ianaser. It was for this reason that Colonel Hindman was dismissed. Mr. Peabody then read a prepared statement, 1n part as follows, stating the position of the company: Agents Cannot Be Trustees. The by-laws of the company provide that, with the exception of the president and vice-president, no officer of the com pany shall be members of the board of trustees. To comply with this by-law In the few ln.stanoes where managers or agents of the company have announced the Inten tion of accepting nominations for office as trustees, this company h.TS felt Im pelled to terminate the contracts under which such managers and agents have bfen in the campany's service. No action has been taken by the com pany which can properly be characterized as coercing any employe into voting or soliciting votes, otherwise than as . his own free will dictates. The law compels the trustees to nomi nate a ticket described as "administration ticket." However, no money of the corporation can be properly used in electioneering, nnd this committee hus not and will not authorize any such use. It is the duty of all employes of the company to explain to the policyholders their rights under the law. And It Is the duty of all such employes to ab stain from exercising any kind of coercion and from submitting to any kind of co ercion and from submitting to any coer cion. Sent Out Tickets Himself. The investigation at times took a wide range, and once Mr. Peabody protested. This was when Mr. Brown asked Mr. Peabody who sent out the ballot from New York with only one ticket on it. Mr. Peabody replied that the company did not. and Mr. Brown asked who did it. Thla brought out the protest, and Mr. Pruitt ruled that only the affairs of the company were being Investigated. Mr. Peabody then stated voluntarily that he himself had sent out the ballots on his own personal account. Mr. Peabody said further that he want ed it understood that the company is not doing any campaigning, nor have its agents been told that they would be dis missed if they did not get votes for the administration ticket. Mr. Brown then asked the direct Ques tion whether or not the company In the end would bear the expense of running the administration ticket In the coming election, and Mr. Peabody 's reply was: Company Not Paving Expense. If you ore now fishing to find out that? the company was paying the expenses of the election, you will rind nothing. The company Is not paying, and no one es peota to be reimbursed. But I will answer your question es to my object In spend ing money In the election, regardless of whether it Is a proper question. My object la to secure the election of that ticket because of my interest In the company and because I am a policy holder. In replying to a question by Mr. Pruitt. Mr. Peabody said he was spending money for the administration ticket because he helleved it to be for the beet interests of the policyholders. "Since 1 went with the company." he continued. "I have been much hounded and abused by per sons and by the press. I am seeking a vindication in the election of the admin istration ticket. The law requires me to rut It in the field." Has Power to Oust Company. At the close of the statement, and after some further questioning of Mr. Pea hody as to details. Mr. Pruitt stated that a decision In the matter may not be an nounced for several days. Mr. Peabody's willingness to appear, although the power of the commissioner to compel him to attend was in doubt, created a favorable impression. Under a recent Kentucky statute the power of the Insurance com missioner to oust any company from the state Is absolute. Hindman Maintains Charge. At the night session. Colonel Hindman was the principal witness. He told of several conferences and had read a num ber of letters exchanged before his dis charge. Mr. Hindman said he was asked to support the administration ticket and to write a letter affirming such action. This he declined to do. He was then called to New York and told he must either attlrm or retire from the company. Mr. Hindman said he considered the Mu tual Life Insurance Company a safe com pany, but he could not approve the Mc I'urdy trustees. Herbert N. Felt, of New York, recently manager of the company in New York City, pave testimony along similar lines. MUST TELL OR LEAVE ARMY Will Investigate Election System. ST. PAU-L. Oct 16 State Insurance Commissioner O'Brien, has received a telegram from the Secretary of the Mu tual Policyholders Association, asking If he would be one of the committee of 5 Alternative Given Soldiers Involved In Brownsville Riot. EL. RENO, O. T.. Oct 16 It became known here today that E. A. Garllngton, inspector general of the United States Army, read an order from President Roosevelt several days ago to the bat talion of the Twenty-fifth Regiment of colored Infantry here, stating that the battalion must give the names of the men engaged In the recent Brownsville, Tex., disturbance or be dishonorably dis charged. Three of the companies of the Twenty flfth. B-. C. and D., are now at Fort Reno. Saturday General Garllngton had the companies lined up on the parade grounds and gave them to understand that unless ha was given Information as to which of the men were mixed up !n the Texas affair, the companies would be dishonorably discharged. The men were given until 9 o'clock Monday morning to " 'fass up." The time limit was ex tended a clay, but it Is believed nothing has been said. The message to the soldiers was direct from the President. General Garlington made inquiries and took several affida vits, but no final steps were taken to carry out the dismlsal part of the order. It Is unrlerstood that General Garling ton has gone direct to Washington to lay his report before the President and Sec retary Taft. STAYS UNDER SEA Another French Submarine Is ' Lost Off Biserta. MAKE THE OREGON NEW SHIP Navy Board Plans to Spend 51,000,- 000 on Battleship. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 The Naval Construction Board today approved esti mates for repairs to the battleship Oregon, which call for an expenditure of nearly fl.000.000. When the Secre tary of the Navy approves this report work will begin at Puget Sound navy yard and will probably require two years to complete. One hundred thou sand dollars is to be expended for new gruns, $250,000 for repairs to machin ery, about $400,000 for general repairs to the hull and superstructure, and $125,000 for new equipment. The work will practically renovate the entire ship and make the Oregon as good as new. The entire amount is to be expended at Bremerton, except the cost of the guns. Ingersorl Did Not Earn Fee. BOSTON. Oct. 16. A judgment for $138. VX In favor of Mrs Eva Ingersoll. widow of Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, given by a lower court, was set aside today by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The judgment was given in a suit brought by Mrs. Ingersoll to recover an amount alleged to be due for legal services by her husband In the settlement of the es tate of Andrew J. Davis, of Butte, Mont. The United States Circuit Court found for the plaintiff, holding that the fact that the will contest had been settled by compromise did not relieve the Davis heirs, who retained Mr. Ingersoll, from paying for his services. The Court of Appeals holds that Colonel Ingersoll did not perform the services upon which his fee was contingent, namely, the success ful prosecution of an action to break the' will. American Khaki Beats British. WASHINGTON. Oct. 16. The Quarter master's Department is disposed to take issue with Major General Leonard Wood, commanding the Philippine Division, as to the economy of using English khaki, made up In the Philippines, for soldiers' unlforms Instead of the regular army clothing manufactured In this country of American khaki. The officers of that Department insist that our own khaki is in fact superior to the English khaki and point to exhaustive tesrs made under service conditions to show that American khaki is lighter in texture and stronger than the British khaki. Root's Opinion of Canal Handicap. WASHINGTON. Oct. 16. Secretary Root, who spent two days on the Isth mus of Panama, on his return from his trip to South America, has written a let ter to the President giving the results of his observations of the work on the canal. "The greatest danger In the way of canal construction now seems to me." he says, "to be lest the really good and able men who are competent to handle it and who can get proficient employment elsewhere should be unwilling to continue in the service under indiscriminate mis representation and abuse." MAKES A HIT WITH REBELS DISAPPEARS IN INSTANT Petition Made for Retention of Com mander Colwell in Havana. HAVANA. Oct. 16. Several hundred ex rebels have signed a petition to Gov ernor Magoon. asking him to use his In fluence at Washington for the retention in Havana of Commander John C. Col well, of the cruiser Denver, throughout the period of American Intervention. This request is made on the ground that Com mander Colwell is more completely iden tified, through the early arrival of the Denver and the landing of her sailors, with the peace efforts than Is any other American commander of armed forces in Cuba and also because he Is better known and more popular with the Cubans. THERE ARE STAINS ON PIPE Charles Peters Is Arrested In Room With Telltale Weapon. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 16. Charles Feters was arrested tonight in his room. Peters had In his possession a 14-inch piece of pipe, oa one end of which were stains supposed to be blood. The stains will be examined by a chemist. Peters Is suspected of having been concerned In re cent holdups and murderous assaults. Cushman Invited to Hoquiam. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) An effort is being made by Chairman Archer, of the Chehalis County central committee, to get a speaker of the city to open the coming campaign. Francis W. Cushman has been invited to deliver ' the first ad dress and his answer Is anxiously awaited by the Republicans of Hoquiam. Fourteen Men Go to Sudden Grave While Experimenting Off Coast of Tunis Fifth Disaster of This Kind. BISERTA. Tunis, Oct. 16. The French submarine Lutin left this port this morning for plunging experiments. Signals received at 10 o'clock tonight reported her disappearance. Two tor pedoboats and three tugs went out In search of the submarine. ' It now appears almost certain, ac cording to news received at a late hour tonight, that the orew of the Lutin has suffered a fate similar to that which overtook the crew of the submarine Farfadet here last year. The crew of the Lutin numbered 14 men. Admiral Bellue, commander of the Tunis naval division, who went out on board a tug, returned at a late hour tonight and said that, owing to the heavy seas and the obscurity, it was impossible to continue salvage opera tions until dawn. The tugs and tor pedoboats, however, will remain through the night near the place where the Lutin made her final plunge. One of these' boats reports that its drag encounters resistance, as though a vessel were lying at the bottom. The government salvage steamers belong ing to this port, will return In the morning and participate in the work. The British Consul-General here pro posed to the French resident general to telegraph to the British Admiralty at Malta for salvage and assistance. This offer was accepted. The Lutin was a single-screw steel marine boat-built at Rochefort in 1901. She was 135 feet long and had a dis placement of 185 tons. The reported loss of the Lutin re calls the catastrophe to the French submarine boat Farfadet, July 6, 1905, at the entrance to the port of Sldi Ab dallah, Tunis. Commandant Rotier, of the Farfadec, noticed, at the moment of plunging, '.hat one of the doors was not closed properly and rushed to try to adjust it. He was too late, how ever, and the boat sank. Fourteen men perished. On March 18. 004, the British sub marine A 1 was run down by a steam er while submerged near Portsmouth. All her crew were lost. On February 5, 1905, the British sub marine A 5 sank off Queenstown, only one of her crew being saved. A third British submarine sank off Portsmouth June 8, 1905, after ah ex plosion on board. Fourteen of her crew were killed. HAS DISAPPEARED TOTALLY French Suhmarlne Felt at Depth of 130 Feet. PARIS. Oct. 16. M. Thomson. Minis ter of Marine, has received an official dispatch from the naval commandant at Biserta confirming the sinking of the submarine boat Lutin. The mes sage says: "The submarine Lutin. while exercis ing off the jetties, disappeared from the view of the accompanying tug. Search and dragging operations were begun at once, and resistance was felt at a depth of 130 feet near the place where the Lutin sank." AGREE TO ARBITRATE. (Continued From Page 1.) You can't help liking them, they are so very smail and their action so perfect Only one pill a dose. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them. shipping business by the water route. This action is directly due to the stand taken in the waterfront strike by thu stevedoring firm of Brown & McCdbe, against which concern the strictest boycott is to be maintained by the ;labor organizations affiliated with the waterfront federation, which includes In addition to Longshoremen's Union, No. 265. and Grainhandlers' Union, No. 263, the Shipliners and Riggers' Union and the Teamsters Union. Commencing this morning and pend ing a decision by the bdard of arbi tration not a hand will be turned by any of the unions mentioned where the work is required by firms directly or indirectly associated with the Ex porters' Association or which have any dealings with Brown & McCabe. the stevedores. The occasion for the drastic action of the Waterfront Federation was the dispute arising between the longshore men and Brown & McCabe. by which firm they have been employed in work ing the cargoes of all vessels entering this port, and was brought to an issue when the stevedoring firm, through Captain John A. Brown, announced its Intention of loading ail vessels irre spective of the strike situation, and was first advocated when the long shoremen announced their intention of, refusing to work the grain cargoes' handled on the docks by nonunion grainhandlers. Secretary Hall's Statement. P. D. Hall, secretary of Longshore men's Union. No. 265. made the following announcement early this morning: "At 7 o'clock this morning all work will cease on vessels loading here except the coastwise steamship traffic and the Portland & Asiatic liners. This means that pending the outcome of the arbitra tion conference we, will refuse to handle any cargo for any vessel directly or in directly under contract to Brown & Mc Cabe or connected with the Exporters' Association. Qf course In the event of the reaching of an amicable agreement between the Grainhandlers and the ex porters everything will be declared off and we shall return to work. "The Shipliners' and Riggers' Union has announced that when we call upon them they will be ready to join us and so have the teamsters. Notice of our present action will be conveyed to them this morning and they can be depended upon to adhere to their resolution." Yesterday was rather quiet along the docks. Aside from the commencement of work on the steamship Hazel Dollar and the continuation of work on the Ville de Mulhouse, nothing was moving along the docks and warehouses. ioe longshore gang at work on the Dollar consisted principally of members of the vessel's crew. An effort was made to work the German ship Nereide, but ow ing to the stormy weather few of the newly engaged hands showed up and but little grain was put into' her. The British ship Buccleuch, which ar rived Monday, commenced discharging ballast at the Banfield dock. This work was being done by the members of her crew, for she Is also on the blacklist. Works Serious Hardship. The one particular hardship worked by the strike order concerns the British ship Galgate. which has been in the har bor since last May, and which has been Mail orders promptly filled New Fall Catalog sent on request Eli Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are AIwy the Lowest Headquarters for Artistic Picture-Framing by Expert Framera Annual October Beddin Seven thousands pairs of new, fleecy Blankets have just arrived in time for this eagerly awaited sale. Such special bargains as we quote today are made possible by contracts made nearly a year ago. The steadily advancing price of wool will soon bring advances in Blanket prices. Buy now and save money real money, not a pretended saving. mv 3o.uu wool manKets ror $4.95 4-pound white wool Blankets, 10-4 size, with pink or blue border; regular $6.00 value, special.. $4.95 $7.00 Wool Blankets for $5.95 . I HI 1 IP fppsssM White wool Blankets, 11-4 size, for full-size double bed, 5-pound weight; regular $7.00 values, special , $o.95 Gray Wool Blankets for $5.95 Silver gray fooI Blankets, for double beds, 5-pound weight; spe cial sale price, pair 5.95 The "Cremo" Blanket for $3.85 The famous "Cremo" nonshrinkable white Blankets, 514-pound weight, size for double beds; special, per pair... $3.85 White Wool Blankets for $6.50 5-pound all-wool white Blankets for full-size double beds; special sale price, a pair..'.' $6.50 Gray Wool Blankets for $7.00 Dart gray wool Blankets, for double bed, 5-pound weight; special sale price ' JpZ.UO $9.00 White Blankets for $7.50 . 6-pound white wool Blankets for full-size dou- ble beds, regular $9.00 valu--; very special at : $7.50 White Wool Blankets for $7.50 11-4 white wool Blankets, made of superior quality selected wool for full-size double bed, 5-lb. weight; special value, pair. . . .$7.50 $11.00 Wool Blankets, $9.50 White wool Blankets, 11-4 size, for extra large double beds, 7-pound weight; regular $11.00 value; special price for this sale $9.50 Extra Size Blankets for $9.75 12-4 white wool Blankets, made of superior quality of selected wool, for full-size double beds, 6-lb. weight ; very special value.$9.75 Sale of Sateen Comforts, $2.68 500 Sateen Comforts, filled with the finest qual ity of white laminated cotton, covered with fine quality of figured sateen in both light and dark grounds; full weight and size; spe cial sale $2.68 Sale Silkoline Comforts, $1.43' 300 Silkoline Comforts, filled with fine quality of laminated cotton and covered with good quality of figured silkoline; very special at $1.43 $1.25 Bedspreads for $1.00 Full size white Bedspreads in neat patterns, regularly $1.25, for this sale $1.00 $2.00 Bedspreads for $1.60 Full size fringed cut-corner Bedspreads, in Marseilles patterns ; regularly $2.00, for this sale $1.60 Sale of Sheets and Pillow Cases , Extra quality hemstitched and plain hemmed Sheets, ready for use. Extraordinary values: 81x90 plain hemmed Sheets, each 69 81x90 hemstitched Sheets, each 80 45x36 Pillow Cases, plain, hemmed. .. .12l2i 45x36 Pillow Cases, plain, hemmed 18 A Monster October Lace Curtain Sale This great sale will exceed in comprehensiveness and- values any sale, of the season, for it includes all kinds of Lace Curtains at extraor dinary reductions. The very new est patterns in Renaissance, Corded Arabian, Irish Point, Cluny, Cable Net, Brussels Net and Battenberg Lace Curtains in white or Arabian color, 3 and 34 yards long at these special prices: '$1.00 Lace Curtains at 78 $1.25 Lace Curtains at 97 $1.50 Lace Curtains at $1.15 $1.75 Lace Curtains at $1.38 $2.00 Lace Curtains at.- $1.53 $2.50 Lace Curtains at $1.93 $3.00 Lace Curtains at J82.33 $3.50 Lace Curtains at...'...... g2.67 $4.00 Lace Curtains at : $3.15 $4.50 Lace Curtains at $3.59 $5.00 Lace Curtains at S3.89 $6.00 Lace Curtains at $4.68 $6.50 Lace Curtains at.. $4.98 $7.50 Lace' Curtains at $5.98 $8.50 Lace Curtains at.... S6.79 $10.00 Lace Curtains at $7.89 $12.50 Lace Curtains at $9.98 $15.00 Lace Curtains at $11.49 Twilled Gloria Umbrellas Reg. $1.50 Values at 98c All Sizes for Men and Women 800 Mercerized Twilled Gloria Um- brellas, absolutely fast color, steel rods and Paragon frames, cases and tassels. New and quaint handles in gunmetal, horn, pearl, Princess, sil ver, choice box wood and cherry. Great Wednesday sale at 98c fl?1 1 C Qol a Men's and Women:s Fine 4pl.l4J tjqiC Mercerized.Gloria Um brellas with tape edge, steel rods, Paragon frames, with Princess, horn, gunmetal, silver trimmed wood handles; cases and Sjl.lO tassels. Wonderful special value ZL "Columbia" Yarns This is the only Portland store that carries only " COLUMBIA " yarns. Other stores are forced to carry "Columbia" yarns, but they also handle inferior yarns. You are safe here the only kind of yarn you can buy at Lipman-Wolfe's is "COLUMBIA" yarn the best. Cut-Rate Drug Store WfrWl'll "FIGHTING THE TRUST" Would you rather be robbed by Oil I V. .J . Electric liniment 45c, 25c St. Jacob's OH .....41S. 21t Pain Killer 41. 21t Menthol Liniment 45C 25J Japanese OH 41 Mexican Mustang Liniment 41. 21 Sloan's Nerve and Bone Liniment. .41. 21 Omego Oil 41. 8 Radway'e Beady Relief 41 Hott's German Liniment 21 Thomas' Electric Oil 41. 21 Arnica Liniment . 45. 25 loading a cargo of lumber at the Eastern & Western Mill during the past six weeks. Captain Griffiths expected to have her cargo completed in about a week, but the present situation may tie ner up In definitely. Two more of the grain fleet arrived yesterday afternoon and anchored in the stream. They are the French ship Europe. Captain Rollier, from Liverpool. in ballast, and the French bark Bougain ville, from Newcastle, N. S. W. Since the departure of the steamship Alliance last evening, not one of the ves sels included In the exempt list remains in the harbor, and today promises to wit ness one of the quietest days along the water front in many years. Another incident that occupied the at tention of the' longshoremen was a row which occurred early in the afternoon and which resulted in the arrest of Dan Con nors on a charge of threatening to kill. The row In which Conners was the cen tral figure, occurred yesterday afternoon on the railroad tracks near Montgomery Dock No. 2. Several longshoremen ac cused Connors of being in the employ of Brown & McCabe, stevedores, and words followed between them. Connors was ar rested later, upon complaint of A. Hegg. Get Warrant for Connors. A delegation of longshoremen, among them Hegg, called on Captain Bruin at police headquarters, detailing to him the occurrence shortly after it took place, after which they secured a warrant for the arrest of Connors. Shortly after the delegation of long shoremen left police headquarters, Con nors appeared for the purpose of telling his troubles. He was Informed that a warrant was out for his arrest on a charge of threatening to kill A. Hegg. and he was booked. On furnishing bonds In the sum of $oC0, he was released until this morning, when his case will be called in the Municipal Court. Connors explained to Captain of Police Slover that he was approached by Hegg as he was leaving Montgomery dock No. 2. Connors told Hegg. he says, to keep away and mind his own business, or be "shot full of holes." Connors reached for his hip pocket, he says, only to frighten Hegg and cause him to leave. The "bluff" had the desired effect. Connors says, for Hegg and his companions left at once. Peptiron Pills Ironize the blood, feed the nerves and brain, tone the stomach. id dieestion. and eive tweet, restful. natural tleep. 5t)c or L Pruggi&isorby mailof us. Hood's Pills SS After-dinner pill, pnrelj vegetable- easy to lake, easr to operate. 25c. Drucsists or xnil. C. I. Hood Co.. LowelL li Hade lir Hood If a Good. H.Liebes&Co. John P. Plagemann Manager EXCLUSIVE FURRIERS N.W.Corner 5th and Alder Sts. 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