VOL.. XLVI "SO. 14,399.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
UNWRITTEN DEAL
NOT TP COMPETE
Harriman and Santa
, Fe Pull Together.
EXTENDS TO ASIATIC COAST
Lane Learns How Competition
Died on Pacific.
GRAHAM'S LINE DRIVEN OUT
Independent summers From Tort
land Mad Money Till Harriman
Canceled Contract, Though
Portland & Asiatic Loses.
SAV FRAJJCISCO. Jan. SO. Testi
mony of a sensational character was
brought out by the Government at
today's hearing- of the Harriman mer
ger case before Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Lane. W. A. Blssell, as-
Blatant traffic manager of the Santa Fe
pytnm and a director of the North-
western Pacific Railroad, conceded j
under oath that the Santa Fe and
Southern Pacific managements are ob
iwrvln ft an "unwritten agreement. .
whereby they share about equally the j
citrus fruit traffic of Southern Call-
fornia, each scrupulously avoiding? any
Intrusion into the other's territory at-
' ter the fruit has been packed.
R. A. 6raham. of New York, ex-manager
of the Oregon-Oriental Steamship
Company, agreed to produce . as evi
dence a letter which he testifier! he had
received from Benjamin Campbell as
traffic managor of the Oregon Railroad
& Navigation Company, peremptorily
canceling a traffic contract between
the two companies because the latter
road had acquired a fleet of steamships
and refusing- to longer give Graham's
company any traffic or the nan of O.
R. &. N'rtoi tis ut Portland or rail rat'
othfir thvn tile full loal tariff.
Ilarrli'nan's Own Steamer,
Today's hearing was conducted for
the Uovernment by C. A. Severance.
R. 8. Lovett appeared for -jE. H. Harri
man, aiiiT Fettr F. Dunne Cor the South
ern Pacific. Among the witnesses called
by the prosecution were W. 3. Shotwell.
general Coast agent for the Denver &
Rio Grande and other Gould lines; J. D.
Mansfield, assistant to Mr. Shotwell.
and E. E. Calvin, general manager of
the Taciflc Coast divisions of the South
ern Pacific.
R. P. Schwerln, manager of the Pa
cific Wall Steamship Company, testi
fied that besides the fleet of steamers
owned by the company it operates the
Mongolia and Manchuria, which are
owned by Mr. Harriman. Mr. Sever
ance called attention to the minutes,
which showed that the Oregon Short
llne owned those steamers, but Mr.
Schwerln said that so far as he knew,
Mr. Harrfman owned them personally.
and charged the Pacific Mall $30,303
month for the use of the steamers, the
money being sent to New York.
Coincidence in Raising Kates.
Mr. S-hwerln testified that the San
Francisco & Portland Steamship Com
pany, of which he Is president, had re
cently raised steamship rates, and that
at the same time the Southern Pacific
raised its rate to Portland. Mr. Lane
brought out the fact that the rise of
the steamer rates followed a conversa
tion on the subject with Traffic Mao
ayer Luce, of the outhern Pacific, but
Mr. Schwerln explained that Increased
wnKen to stevedores, etc.. made thli
.adLYe-ri( necessary. These Increases
J Id not affect the railroad, he admitted.
Mr. Severance characterized the raise
of both rates at the same time as
etrtrwOrtene," vmtllng: mm he spoke.
This nettled Mr. Schwerln. and lie
volunteered th statement that there
' -was no real competition between the
rallwaj and the steamers, because the
steamers give better service and get
more freight than they can handle
without solicitation: This statement
was not relished by the railroad men
present. It was afterward modified
by Mr. Schwerln as applying only to
present temporary conditions.
"You mean that owing to the poor
character of railway service at pres
ent, you are doing more business?'
asked Mr. Severance.
"I shouldn't say that," answered Mr.
Schwerin; "we Rive better service."
Mr. Harriman'g lawyer, R- S- Lovctt,
then tooK Mr. Schwerln In hand. He
explained that the basis for the differ.
entlnl between railroad and steamer
freight rateo ii the additional security
of rail transportation. The differ en
tial la 60 cents a ton, which Mr. Lane
seemed to consider too great.
The discontinuance of the Santa Pe's
trans-Pacific line out of San Diego and
Mr. Schwerln's efforts to induce Paul
Morton to give the Pacific Mall bis
freight business were next adverted to
by Mr. Lovett- Mr. Scliwerln said ab
solutely that no conversation of his
with Paul Morton was responsible for
the discontinuance of the San Diego
line. The service was stopped because
It aid not pay, and the Paclflo Mall
afterwards got th6 freight business,
mutual arrangement for the exchange
of the business being made..
tan Do Oriental Traffic at Portland,
A statement of Interest to shippers
made by Mr. Schwerln was to the ef
fect that all trans-Pacific freight could
be moved without coming to San Fran
cisco at all, owing to the railroad fa
cilities of the North. The Pacific
Mail is willing1 to make concessions
to get Santa Fe business. For this
purpose also It makes a through
freight rate from Hongkong to Chi
cago. Mr. Schwerln said that he does not
consider Mr. Harriman or the Southern
Pacific Is endeavoring to get business.
His freight arrangements wtLh the
Southern Pacific he makes with J. C.
Stubbs, and Mr. Harriman, he said,
had nothing to do with them.
"It is not left to the Southern Pacific
to decide what shall sro to the Santa. Fe:
that is up to us," said Mr. Schwerln in
answer to a question by Mr. Lane.
Portland & Asiatic Loses.
Inquiry Into the affairs of the Portland
& Asiatic Steamship Company, belong
ing to the Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company, a Harriman property, devel
oped the fact that its monthly steamers
are operated at a loss and have been for
the past four years, except during the
;
&Y . $ S '!
L lJx -.-
Senator V. B. Unburn, of Idaho,
Who Attacks li-eldiits Actios In
Xloldln- I'p IJtntl I-alenU.
Rugso-Japanese "War. The O. It.- A
.maintains the line In order to hold its
rail traffic,
''This year' said Mr. Schwerln- the
Pacific Mall has lost J500.O0O. It would
e like the northern line every year if
it depended on freight it Is the passen
ger business which makes it pay."
Mr. Shotwell, general agent of the
Gould lines, was called at the opening
of the afternoon session. He testified
that the business he Is able now to get
for the Denver & Rio Grande and con
necting Gould lines' ts less by 50 per cent
than It was prtor to 19ol. piiu-e which
year, he said, the Southern Iracinc has
been deii.ting Its-efforts fi . secure all
th business It jaii for the Up'ou Faclf.cJ
Tt "li cause if" attril-iitfit,; the great
slinrji 'n OSo.ild busi'tss to,-: i-imini rvt
tho Pacifi; Coast. The Vnloii , Fa-ltio'
was acquired by the Southern reelti In
1901. Answering a quest'un by Mr. Luer
witness said;
'1 llnd that the business got by the
Southern Pacific Invariably goes to the
Sunset or the Union Pacific route. I
think, the Southern Pacific is neutral as
between those two routes. The test ap
plies to "both freight and passenger traf
fic."
Mr. Shotwell's testimony was corrobo
rated by his assistant, J.. D. Mansfield.
No Competition for Fruit.
Mr. Blssell. assistant traffic manager of
the Santa Fe, also a director in the
Northwestern Pacrfle, was called by the
prosecution. Answering questions by Mr.
Severance, he said:
"I don't make any effort to get fruit
traffic in Southern California that origi
nates on Southern Pacific lines we have
been giving alt our time to getting our
own cars back from the East The citrus
fruit business in Southern California is
so Situated that It practically takes care
of itself. The routing of most of the
fruit grown between Xjos Angeles and
San -Bernardino is determined by the lo
cation of - the various packing-houses.
Testifying as to the alleged, narriman
merger-Pacific Steamship Company pact,
Mr. Blssell said that by a three-cornered
agreement the Santa Fe was to fill cer
tain space on each . Pacific Mail steam
ship leaving the port of San Francisco
and was to be given 25 per cent of each
cargo brought into San Francisco from
the Orient by these vessels for shipment,
the Southern Pacific to have the remain
ing 75 per cent. He presumed this ar
rangement was made for the Santa Fe
bv Paul Morton. 1 J said the agreement
has been kept, and that the Santa Fe
has made no effort to get more than the
agreed 25 per cent. "The competition is
11 in the Orient and' with ruget Sound
bottoms." he aaid.
Graham's Canceled Contract.
Ft, A- Graham, of New York, formerly
manager of the Cooa Say Railroad - Com
pany and . of the Oregon-Oriental Steam
ship Company, testified that the latter
company operated In connection with .the
Oregon. Railroad & Navigation Company
under a contract '-which nad. been, reduced
to -writing but not signed, and at that
time the steamship company- was in com
petition with, every other trans-Pacific
steamship company on the Coast. Tha
contract with the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation Company was that the Ore-
sron-Orlental must route exclusively from
the Orient via the O, R. & N. and Its
connections receiving In exchange from
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com
pany a certain amount of Orient-bound
traffic, the steamship company being al-
lowed to maintain offices lor solicitation
of traffic in New York and Victoria, B.
O.. only. "On March lO. 1901." testified
Mr. Graham, "the O. R- & N. having;
quired its own fleet of vessels (the Fort
land A Asiatic line), I received a letter
elgned by Benjamin Campbell. traffic
manager of the O. R. & fC.. canceling
our contract at 30 days notice, notifying
me that the 0. R. & X. would give my
company no more traffic and refusing me
the further use of the O. I. & N. docks
at Portland unless I paid the full wharf
age and full local freight rates."
His Steamers Blade Money.
'Have you that letter here?" demanded
Mr. Lane. Witness replied that he had
it In New York.
"Will you produce it In this couras evi
dence?" Inquired the Commissioner. Mr.
Graham replied that he would be glad to.
Mr. Severance called the witness' atten
tion to testimony given by Mr. Campbell
that tha 0. R. & N.'s Asiatic steamships
had been operated at a loss.
"Our vessels were not operated at a
loss," retorted Mr. Graham. "We had
a profit on every steamship to brought
back from the Orient."
The bearing will be resumed tomorrow.
CHICAGO FIGHTS
f
ivery Family Must Be
Shut in Its Home.
ALL GATHERINGS FORBIDDEN
Returns of Epidemic Show an
Immense Increase.
CITY'S POWERS OVERTAXED
Xew Cases , In Four Days Equal
Whole Month's Ordinary Total.
Every House Established
Its Own Quarantine.
CHICAGO, Jan. 30. (Special.) With
new leap of 300 cases of contagious
diseases in the city and a Xresh out
break In the suburbs that brought the
total number of victims over the 15.-
000 mark, Health Commissioner Charles
J. Whalcn, under fire in the most serl-
ous epidemic of a decade, today issued
a public proclamation calling on the
people of the city to suspend public
and social gatherings and thus aid In
checking the pest.
Further drastic action may follow.
including the closing of all schools of
the city, a move which was considered
when the epidemic first broke' out but
was abandoned as unnecessary. If the
spirit of the Commissioner's appeal Is
followed generally. Chicago -will place
embargo on herself, each family
establishing a quarantine, as In a place
withering. under a plague.
Fearing that the epidemic In violent
form will spread Into the Ghetto and
further south Into the stock yards dis
tricts led to the- Issuance of the public
piea for assistance. Scarlet Ifever broke
out in several neighborhoods on' the West
Side, showing a tendency of the disease
to spread from the Northwest Side, In the
vIclnKy of Humboldt Park, and from
C-ak Park, anfj Austin east and srvuth.
i. V"'--' head or fCJf" Health
Department, did not come tj s Is office
early enough to get the first returns.
In his absence his assistant. Dr. Her
man Spalding, with the perspiration
running down his face from overwork
and excitement, admitted for- the first
time that the department was helpless.
"It must be admitted now,' said Dr.
Spalding,' "that the epidemic Is on the
increase. I was in hopes that yester.
day's figures simply meant that more
reports were coming in. The new rec
ord today shows I was mistaken and
that the conditions are most serious,
with 300 cases a day. One or two days
of such returns leaves no room for fur
ther doubt. It means that during the
incubative period of 24 hours to seven
days, thousands of persons have been
Infected."
Records of the Health Department show
the present epidemic to be one of the
most serious the city has known. The
records show the number of cases of
scarlet fever in the last four days -vastly
exceeds the total for the whole month of
January in a normal year.
DISGUST WITH METHODS
CAUSES IXSXTRAXCE ELECTION
INSPECTORS TO QUIT,
Says Radical Change Is Necessary or
Canvass Will Not Be Com
pleted for 9rtontJt.Se
TsTHTW YORK, - Jan. 80. Two members
of the board of election Inspectors
the New If or lc Xife Insurance Company
have tendered their resignations to Otto
Kelsey. State Superintendent of Insur
ance. They are E, 43. Ktnkead. of Ol
clnnatl, the representative of the inter
national policy-holders' committee, and
Frederick W. Marks, of this city.
In his letter Mr. Marks among other
things says:
It la my opinion that, unless some radical
change is made, it will require several
months more to complete the canvass. While
I have no desire to criticise any of my
fellow Inspectors, I am o entirely out of
sympathy wHh the methods which have
been and ara beirijc employed that I mut
decline to continue my connection with, the
work, as I find it utterly impossible lor me
to do my duty as I clearly see it and,
therefore. X hereby tender my re.isna-tlon.
Mr. Kinlcead's letter is alonsr practically
tne same lines.
Sued Gfllettt In -Wrong? tVay.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30. Supreme Court
'Justice Bischolt In an opinion handed
down today sustained in part the de
murrer entered by counsel for I r. Walte:
Glllett. formerly vice-president of the
Mutual Idfe Insurance Company, in the
action to enforce an accounting for
money alleged to have been expended
with his aancftlon from a fund which
was kept by him for the Mutual Com
pany In a Morristown, N. J., trust com
pany. Justice Bischoff held that an ac
tlon at law by the corporation for dam-
ages, not an action for an accounting-.
Is the only remedy.
Mutual Life Loses London Suit
LONDON, Jan. 30. Justice Sir Charles
Swlnfen Eady, In the Chancery Division
of the High Court of Justice today, pro
nounced Judgment in favor of D. T. Hal
deman, former London manager of the
nous
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Amer
ica and the North British and Mercantile
Insurance Company, in his appeal from
the suit of the Mutual Company, asking
for an injunction and indemnities. Jus
tice Eady said that he was satisfied that
Mr. Haldeman Had not done anytning in-
Consistent with his duty.
The Mutual asked for an Injunction and
ndemnlties against Mr. Haldeman and
he North British Company, alleging that
while the former was still In their em
ploy, he sufrzested te the North British
Company a scheme to transfer the British
policy-holders or the Mutual to tne worm
British, and that upon the day of the ter
mination of his engagement with the Mu
tual. Mr. Haldeman sent out a circular to
all the British policy-holders inviting
hem to surrender .their policies in the
Mutual and to transfer them to the North
British. It was further contended by the
Mutual that Mr.. Haldeman wrongfully
used Information which he obtained as
London manager of the Mutual.
ASK ROOSEVELT TO STOP IT
Western People Protest Against New
Railroad Stock Issues.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. President
Roosevelt has received letters from
persons inquiring as to whether there
was any federal lgislatlon wiiio'Vl
might be invoiced to stop the issues of
additional stock which have been in
contemplation by various Northwest
ern and Western railroads. The Pres
ident referred these letters to trie de
partment of Justice, with a view to
obtaining an opinion on the subject
Oppose Equal Car llstriD.utlon.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 30. That the recent
order of the Ohio Railroad Commission
regarding- the . equal distribution of all
freight cars, whether the property of the
railroads or not. was illegal and uncon
Ftitutional was the contention of tho Mas-
illon Coal Mining Company in a suit
filed, in the Federal Court today.
The Wheeling & Lake Brie is a party
to the suit, because its lines and cars are
those to which the order was directed
insofar as It affected the Massillon Coal
Company.
Santa. Votes Kew Bond Isstie.
TOFBKA, Kan.. Jan. 30. By almost
unanimous consent the stockholders of
the Santa Fe Railroad Company, in ses
sion here today, decided In favor of the
Issuance of $HS,O0O,OGO in bonds. The pur-
pose or this Issue of bonds is to secure
capital for the improvement of the prop
erty and the extension ox certain lines.
Reduced Rates la Alabama.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Jan. 30. The
Alabama Senate today passed a hill
classifying all the railroads in the
state, and reducing freight rates on
more than 100 commodities. It is be
lieved that the . bill will pass the
House.
Charles L. Stevens, Leading Mason.
DKTROIT. Jan. 30. Charles I... Stevens
grrand -naster of .the Michigan Grand
Lodge of Masons, aroppea oeaa or neart
dif.ca.se tonight. He was the father of
Mrs MoHare. .of Portlnnd, "Jr., w-hosa
lmp-rufl is ictet-"-r rl r, .or cim-
.ad" the -Unseed " v-oat. . .
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TESTHRDAT'S Maximum temperature. 39
degrees; minimum, on degrees.
TODAY'S Rain and warmer; southeasterly
winds.
jTorehrn-
Rusalan Cabinet uses violent means to win
election. Paa;e 11.
French government rejects offer of bishops.
Page 2.
Epidemic expected to follow Chinese famine.
fag 4.
National.
Senators attack Hitchcock's land policy.
Page 4.
Wadsworth defends action on meat inspec
tion bill. Page 3.
Roosevelt arranges settlement of Japanese
question with Calliornla delegation, page
1.
Politics.
Governor Hughes prevents whitewashing; of
National Guard officer, rage .
Taft may succeed Fuller as Chief Justice.
rage .
Domestic
Epldemlo of disease in Chicago causes dras
tic measures. Page 1. r
First bodies recovered from wrecked Stuart
mine. Page 4.
Haskln on the Salvation Army. Page 1.
More light' on Harrlman's stifling of compe
tition. Page 1.
"Salome" not to be produced in New York.
Page 8.
Only one Juror needed to start Thaw trial.
Page 2.
Negro narrowly escape8 lynching by Pitts
burg mob. Page 3.
Dissension among Insurance election oan
vn M.rfc Fasa 1-
Tremendous blockade ot Great Northern
freight. Page 4.
Denver women refuse to play Shale eepeare
IX they have to var tljcfat-- fa 1.
FBctflo Coast.
Father 'of Chester Thompson makes argn
ment to Jury In murder case today. Page
A.storla rvlllwT-ig"ht roasts accidental tteath.
Mysterious poisoning cat near Lebanon, Or.
fAK D.
WanhlnirtOD STiate t
In it 91,000.000 for
e hill ani3roTr1at
Seavttle Exposition.
rage 0.
Oregon Legislature,
Bill for purchase of Oregon Olty locks nar
rowly escapes death in House; will be
amended. Pagre 6.
Malarkey Introduces bill to curb Cooa Bay
land monopoly, rage 1.
Board of Trade water code up against legal
h n rnna,g. Page 0-
JamePtoVn. Fair appropriation bill killed.
Faae ft- .
State .quarantine hill passes Senate. Pace ,
TtaWer County man fathers bill tor State
Mine loflpector, Page 7.
rornmerrtstl end BXarine.
yirm und erton la
pa- 16.
Eastern wheat markets affected by weather
news. Page la.
eriaxp tvra.lc- In toclt prieec P-t IS.
ShiD Arthur Ftt;rr - fined by collector at
Astoria, Page IV
Portland and Vicinity.
. . . Hr T n.fi Tracy, who was wound
ed In -u t tin afrray Now V nm.i- m xnornln.
is serious. 1 ase 10.
Mayor act on Council appropriation ordi
nances. Page 16.
Mrs. Mary Pons sues Chief of Pollee and
tWO pairOimD 1"1 XVF .'.. . ii.
Vrlsonment- Page 14.
Bank clearings increase in all Paclflo Coast
cities except seatue. rage i.
Archie Turnbull thought to have communi
cated with confederates in City Jail.
Page 10.
Nine thousand telephones are out of com
mission and electricians will be brought
here from other cities, rage iu.
ti. hniiitlnr fund committee of T. M. C
A.-T. W. C. A- meets to discuss plana
Page 10.
Bader-g friends In Anti-Saloon League prob
ably will defeat attempt to oust him.
Page 8.
lion SIGHT
I
Californians Confident
of Solution.
CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE
New Treaty May Provide Ex
clusion of Coolies.
JAPAN IS QUITE WILLING
Wants Concessions In Return, but
Ambassador and President Have
Afrreed San Francisco School
Officials Are Summoned.
Washington; Jan. so. After two
hours' conference at the "White House
tonight rf(?arding the Japanese question
on th Pacific Coast, the California dele
gation In Consress authorized the follow
ing statement:
"The California delegation had a very
fnll and harmonious discussion with the
President, the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of the Navy on the serious
questions relating to the Japanese on the
Pacific Coast. The character of the dis
cussion load!
solution will
us to feel confident that a
be reached satisfactory to
all concerned.
"The result of the meeting- is t-hat the
delegation has tonlKht telegraphed to the
president of the San Francisco Board of
Education and the Superintendent of
Schools to come to "Washington at once
for a conference with the President and
the Secretary of State."
Exclude Coolies by Treaty. "
The existing- treaty between the United
States and Japan will expire March 12,
this year. President Roosevelt has here
tofore assured the members of Congress
from California that he would endeavor
to form a new treaty with the Japanese
Empire which would meet with their
entire approval and at the same time
proe ' sa'tieifactnry" ro the Tokio errrern
ir'v.nt. The Californians have i.V the past
Insisted on an exclusion act toibar Japa
nese coolies out of the United ptates. but
it is hinted tonight as a result of the
conference that Senator Perkins and Flint
and the members of the House of Repre
sentatives from that state have practi
cally agreed to waive this demand and
leave it to the President to negotiate
new convention that will keep Japanese
coolie labor out of this country.
Japan Wants Concession's.
Japan has made It clear that she will
only consider a treaty that Is mutual, and
what concessions this Government has
been asked to make have not been made
public. It is admitted at -the Japanese
Embassy tonight that Viscount Aokl, the
Japanese Ambassador, has discussed the
proposed treaty with the President, and
that they are in perfect accord. The
second secretary of the Embassy, Mr.
Hanlhara, refused to say what conces
sions had been promised by this Gov
ernment, or what would bo satisfactory
to tho Tokio government. He stated,
however, that Japan did not encourage
her laborers to come to this country.
Secrecy About Conference.
Members of the California delegation
who participated in tonight's conference
have been pledged to secrecy and refuse
to talk of the matters discussed with the
President, further than what is contained
in the statement of the California delega
tion. The statement was given out -by.
Representative Hayes and -was prepared
In the President's office and approved by
the President,
SCHOOL BOARD TO STAND PAT
TM rectors "Will Accept Xo Compro
mlse on School Qnestfon.
' SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. So'-School Dl-
rectors Walsh and Roncovieri -will leave
for Washington tomorrow - night in re
sponse to President Roosevelt's Invita
tion. They declare that they are deter
mined not to accept any compromise -in
the matter of Japanese attending public
schools other than those set aside for
Orientals.
The Board of Education will have a
special meeting tomorrow morning to
consider the subject.
ASK STATE TO DEFER ACTION
Congressmen Send Message to Got-
ernor, Who Will Comply,
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Jan. 30. Gover
nor Gillette tonight received a. tlegrum
from Washington signed by the Oalifor-
nla delegation urging him to ask the
Legislature to defer all action on Japa
nese matters. The message caused a
considerable stir among tho members
of both Houses wben the knowledge of
its ' receipt and contents became noised
about.
The Governor was soon in consultation
with the leaders of the Senate and Assem
bly and has prepared a formal message
to the Legislature, . which will be read
to both Houses tomorrow morning. Lead
ing Senators and Assemblymen declared
tonight that the request from -the Con
gressional delegation win be granted.
The Governor left tonight for San
Francisco.
Japan Will Await Decision,
TOKIO, Jan. . SO. Viscount Hyashi.
0
JAPAN FSF
Foreign Minister, In reply to a ques
tion in the House, expressed deep ap
probation of the sympathetic attitude
of the United States Government in the
recent trouble in San Francisco.
"Having the sympathy of the Ameri
can Government." he said, "Japan must
remain a looker-on until a decision
shall have been reached in the test
case in the California courts. In the
event of an unfavorable decision the
anti-Japanese movement In California
will be considered to represent the
opinion of tho whole United States,
which would require diplomatic ad
justment." Viscount Hayanhl said he did not be
lieve there would be such a develop
ment. 1
MAXY COME UXDEH CONTRACT
Japanese on Kooent Steamers Evade
lat by Stop in Hawaii.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The Immi
gration Bureau today received a long
3tepreentat I ve JamM W. Wadttworth,
Who (47- Evnt Hfcvv. Vlndlcatstl
I Lis Action on Meat Inspection BUI.
report from Commissioner North at
San Francisco reciting the clrcum
stances attendant on the landing: of
about SOO Japanese immlfirrants on the
steamships Alameda and Korea It
week from Hawaii.
Statements made by th Immigrants
indicated that perhaps 50 of them were
contract laborers, and the Oommls
sioner expresses the opinion that, had
It been possible thoroughly to examine
those arriving on the Korea, a very
larsre percentage would have been
found to have been - contract laborers.
He believes practically all the Japan
ese arriving on the two vessels are re
cruited In Japan for work on the Ha
waiian Islands, and after remaining
there for a time decided to come to
the United States.
StWct surveillance wHl bo had over
those believed to be contract laborers
and. If evidence can bo found substan
tiatins this belief, they will be de
ported.
DENVER WOMEX SHY AT SHAKE
SPEARE TRUE TO LIFE.
Ambitious to Show Talents In "Mer
chant of Venice," but Xot
Xether Limbs, Oh, Xo !
DENVER. Colo., Jan. SO. (Special.)
If old "William Shakespeare had not
put so many, cavaliers and couriers wear
ing tights In his "Merchant of Venice,
the eager Denver public would enjoy the
rare treat of witnessing the great pro
duction by the Womans Club. But, al:
the public hopes have been shattered and
the women with ambitions to display
their talents In Shakespearean roles have
given up the Idea. There will , be no
"Merchant of "Venice" and the wicked
old tights are to blame.
The enthusiasm at the club was &t
fever height when the crushing blow
descended. The matronly mothers of -the
club were toid that all who took the
masculine parts in the play would have
to wear the garbs of the time of Shy
lock while doing- the - cavalier acts. . It
took, their breath away and a storm of
"nays" made the daring manager and
trainer seek safety behind a big chair.
"Well, ladles. It -wouldn't look very
veil to bave tho courtiers and cavaliers
make love to fair lovers when they were
sights of a twentieth-century day."
pleaded the unhappy man coach.
This "was good .oglo to tne vorae who
had formed parts in the great drama.
but the -plnlc tlg-hta brig-ade ooyly shook
their heads and said "Nay. never.
WOMAN SERVES ON JURY
Helps to Try Divorce Suits and Em
barrasses Judge.
rjENTVER. Colo.. Jan. 30. (Special.')
Alias Hilda Smith, a reporter, enjoys the
distinction of being the first white woman
to serve on a Jury in Denver and prob
ably in Colorado. She was suddenly sum
moned while at work in the County
Court "at noon today and consented to sit
In two divorce cases. Divorces were
awarded In both cases.
The court Vgan hie remark" to the Jury
In the old form "Geatlemen ot the Jury,"
then paused and added "and ladies of the
jury." '
It was difficult to say which was the
more em-oarrassed. Miss Smith or the
Judge. She says she enjoyed the ex
perience, but is not sure that she cares
to repeat it
Allshie in the Tjead.
BOISE. Idaho, Jan. 30. (Special.) Today
Chief Justice Allshie secured a large
batch of legislative indorsements for the
United States judgeship. They include
9 out of 15 Republican Senators, 19 out
ot 40 Republican Representatives, 3 out
of 6 Democratic Senators and 11 out of
32 Democratic Representatives. Governor
Gooding is supporting him. while Chair
man Brady is for S. F. Dietrich, of Poca-
tello. Congressman French is also for
Allshie.
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ACTS ITS RELIGION
WarCarried IntoSlums
of 9!g Cities.
FIGHTS EYIL WITH ITS FISTS
Girls Rescued From Dives fyy
Devoted Bands:
THOUSANDS ARE RESCUED
rra-t!cal Religion Carried to Poof
and Vicious by Men and Women
AVtio Forsake Luxnry Tor
Love of Mankind.
"BY FREDERIC J. HASKIJI.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2B. (Special Cor
respondence. HHark, the Army Is oomlng!
Listen to the thump of tho drum and
the call of the bugle as the hallelujah
lads and lassies fall in line. r?o ancient
knights ever fought more Valiantly or
tellingly In the cause of God and King
than these militant servitors of CThrist
who pitch their tents in the very strong:-
holds of wickedness. Among all the sects
and creeds and denominations that serve
God in their divers was. -who more
fittingly or literally obeys the command
to go forth Into the highways and hedges
to seek for lost souls than the uniformed.
accourted hosts of the. Salvation. Army!
I vet me tell you a story a true Incident
of the real campaign that Is being con
stantly waged by these lowly knights
errant of mercy.
Armj Fights to Save Girl.
Tt is night in one of our big cities.
The rain is falling, and all the poverty
and squalor and misery of the slum!
is magnified a hundredfold by tha gloom
that infests the quarter, where the pool
live. It Is such weather that keeps smug
folk indoors, or sends them forth well .
protected from the elements. But the '
Army sallies forth and boldly invades
the waste places which the devil clis '
his own. Their banners wave and their
cymbals crash. Their lusity battle cry,
"Come to Jesus," rings out like a chal
lenge. 'As they work their way along
through the dirty, over-crowded street,
there is a sudden commotion as a slip
of a girl, barefooted and clothed only
In a night-dress, rushes to them with
arms outstretched, crying "Save me, for
God's sake, save me." She is pursued
by a burly negro who has been her
keeper in a brothel. The nearest lassla
drops her tambourine and catches the
refugee in her. arms. The men in uniform
quickly close in and fight the negro and
his companions, who strive to recover
the runaway girl. The police soon come,
and the plucky band goes on Its way with
another Inmate for the rescue home.
It Is hard to think that such thlnga
can occur in free' and enlightened Ameri
ca, my reader, but alas! It is only too
true. This girl came from the country
in answer to an advertisement for work.
Once inside the place where she had been
lured, her clothes were taken from her '
and she was confined against her will
In what she found to her horror was a
house of ill fame. AVhen she heard the
Army coming, she made a bold dash for
liberty. "What other denomination in
America would have had Its representa
tives in such a place at such a time of
night to help this innocent unfortunate
fight her way to freedom to actually
fight for her with their fists in the mud
and grime of a dirty city street?
Xervy Rescue From Xive. .
On another occasion In a different
city the Army was holding" Its custom
ary open-air meeting; on a corner, when
a note written on a sorap ot no-wspaper
fell Into the circle. On of the poke
bonneted lassies picked up the note.
read It and quietly worked her way
out of the crowd without attracting:
attention. She went up three flights
of stairs in the nearest building, where
she found the arirl who had beorsred. for
release. When the keeper tried by
force to prevent the departure of the
girls, the one In uniform showed she
had the courage of a soldier. She bold
ly grappled with her assailant and .
called, to the imprisoned girl to run
to the street. In the struggle the lamp
was overturned, but the nervy rescuer
held on until the prisoner got away:
In less time than it takes to tell it
a crowd of men from below, themselves
the toughest riffraff that drifts th city
streets, raided the place, smashed H
ria-ht and left and beat the owner of
it to a pulp. If you have ever poked
fun at the salvation Army, don't do It
a?aln. As musicians its members
couldn't, make much competition for
Sousa's band, but they are what they
claim to be volunteers in a good work.
And they stay right on the job. The
Salvation Army is a seven-day relisrion;
It works every day in the week.
What the Army Is Doing.
If you will go to the busy headquar
ters in your city and ask the field
secretary of the Salvation Army for
his annual report, you will be aston
ished at the work its members are do
ing in this country. You will find that
nearly 12.000,000 people attended ser
vices In their halls lastyear, which,
of course, does not include the other
millions they reached - in the street
millions that no other denomination
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