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VOL. XLIX.NO. 15,338.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY,
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SHARP WAR BEGINS
ON MEAT PACKERS
Government Works All
Day on Attack.
'VIGOROUS ACTION IS PLANNED
Grand Jury to Be Sworn and
First Evidence in Today.
ARTIFICIAL PRICE KEYNOTE
backers Ready to Resist Suits and
G. Ogden Armour Says Any Co-
operation That Exists Is Bene
fit to Public, Not Harmful.
HOW PACKERS' KARNTNGS COM- I
PARE WITH OTHER GREAT
CONCERN'S. T
. vallable statistics on the earn-
.,3 of the packers, as given in of- I
u-13) statements, and the earnings
reported by the United States Steel f
Corporation and the International I
:iar ester Company, for the year
1 0"0. are as follows:
i 4
IT
Lrlted States Steel Cor- I
poration ' J131, 500.000 4
national Harvester t
'i .'. . 75.60O. OOO T
4 1 I Packing Co... 250.ooo.000 I
J fur Packing Co 240,000.000 f
I Kelso.! Morris Packing I
I Co no.ono.oco i
J Cudahy Packing Co 80,000,000 J
I National Packing Co. t
4 tholdinr concern) 100.000.000
t Swift, Co. at its meeting de-
I clsred dividends equal to 13.06 per I
. cent on $80,000,000 capital stock.
i ...i
CHICAGO. Jan. 23. (Special.) Here is
the programme that will be executed with
clocklike smoothness' tomorrow in open
Ins the Federal attack upon the pack
Ins; interests:
8 o'clock Chief Deputy John P. Wolf
of United States Marshal ' Hoy's office
will send out a score of deputies armed
with subpenas and writs to bring in em
ployes and books of the National Pack
ing Company and other concerns involved.
10 o'clock The 45 members of the spe
cial venire of jurors will appear before
Judge Landis and 23 men to compose
t he grand jury that is to hear the beef
probe will he choeen.
2 o'clock Grand Jury will be completed
nd sworn and preliminary business will
be disposed of or postponed.
4 o'clock Edwin W. Sims, United
States District Attorney, will submit to
the grand Jury his first evidence in the
case he lias prepared against the packers.
Lawyers Work All Day Sunday.
Working all day Sunday in their offices
In the Federal building. United States Dis
itrlct Attorney Sims and his assistants,
James H. Wllkerson, Robert W. Chllds
and William 'R. Mederas. perfected plans
for the Government attack upon the
meat packers that Federal building office
attaches declare will result in the rei
turning of Indictments against some of
the wealthiest and beet-known business
men in Chicago.
When the conference in the District At
torney's office concluded this evening
those who participated in it refused to
discuss any phase of the protracted de
bate that had taken place behind locked
doors.
Significant, however, was the fact that
tdeputies from the United States Marshal's
office were given detailed instructions
as to the duties they are to perform in
assisting the District Attorney in his
search through the offices of ths packing
companies for evidence and witnesses.
"Wickersham Instructs Over Phone.
During the day telegrams were ex
changed -with officials in Washington and
Attorney-General Wickersham's interest
In the fight was indicated when his office
called Mr. Sims on the long distance tele
phone. The telephone conference con
tinued for some time, but its nature was
not disclosed.
As Mr. Sims and his assistants left
their offices they attended personally to
placing several important documents
with proper local officials for forwarding
to Washington.
"I can say nothing at this time," said
Mr. Simsi in reply to several ques
tions. "Mr. Wllkerson and I spent
the day going through matters con
nected with evidence that we will pre
sent to the grand jury after It con
venes. We merely desired to make cer
tain that everything is in Its proper
place and that not.hing has been over
looked." Evidence Is Documentary.
It is said that much of the Govern
ment's evidence is of a documentary
nature and this wlll.be enlarged upon
by the examination of packing company
employes-In the grand Jury room. At
taches of the District Attorney's office
said tonight they had np Idea of how
much time would be consumed in pre
senting the Government's case to the
jurors.
The packers apparently are await
ing the real opening of the case and
i.nvprnment s first moves before en-
1 tering actively on preparations for the
; 1 . de'ense. Although questioned today.
the heads of the big concerns involved
declined to make statements or avail
tcoueluiled on paKe a.j
IN AUTO, MAN RACES
TO BE GOVERNOlR
OMAHA'S MAYOR PLANS THRILL
ING CAMPAIGN FOR OFFICE.
Whole Summer
Speechmaking
to Be
to Be Passed in
15,0 00 Miles
Traversed.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 23. (Special.)
Mayor James C. Dahlmann, of Omaha,
has scored up in the race for Governor
of Nebraska.
He has filed for nomination, though the
nominating primaries will not be held
until way Into the Summer, and filing
so early means that the (Mayor must in
cur the expense of a campaign that will
continue for fully- six months prior to
the primaries and four months longer
In event he should secure the Democratic
nomination.
The Mayor is owner of a red gasoline
car, and in It he proposes to ride the
state from one end to the other. He
plans to start out about March 1, and
campaign daily until at least August 1.
without a break. This will give him 150
days.
He says he will violate labor laws by
working 12 hours daily and then some
evenings.
He figures that he will travel 100 miles
per day, which will enable him to cover
at least 15,000 -riles during the five
months.
He figures on making three speeches
daily, or 760 during his automobile cam
paign. POISON MYSTERY DEVELOPS
Alleged Attempt Made on Life of
'Woman, "Who Inherits Property.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) An extraordinary case offamily
difficulties, involving charges of an at
tempt to poison a woman and owner
ship in whole or in part of a valuable
estate in Washington, D. C, was called
to the attention of the police yester
day by Mrs. Esther Marks, wife of
David Marks, of 620 Heliotrope drive.
Rilla Marks, the negro domestic em
ployed by Mrs. Marks, says she re
ceived from an aged woman, who, she
says is related to her employer, two
packages. The contents of these were
to be placed in Mrs. Marks' coffee. The
colored woman gave the packages to
Mrs. Marks, who sent them to the 'city
chemist. An analysis showed the con
tents of one to be starch and powdered
glass and the other strychnine.
Mrs. Marks believes it is a scheme
to poison her so she cannot enjoy her
share of the estate in Washington re
cently left her by a relative..
TWO SHARP SHOCKS FELT
West Indies in Momentary Panic,
but No Damage Is Done.
KINGSTON. St. Vincent, B. W. I., Jan.
23. Two sharp earthquake shocks were
felt throughout the island at 5:50 this
morning. In Kingston the protracted
shocks causifS a panic, but no damage
was done.
FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, Jan.
23. Earth shocks were felt here this aft
ernoon a few minutes before 4 o'clock.
The movement was undulatory and lasted
one minute. So far as known there was
no damage.
WARM WINDS SAVE GRAIN
Inland Empire Farmers No Longer
Fear Injury to Crop.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Jan. 23.
Fears that Fall-sown grain throughout
the Inland Empire had been injured
during the recent cold weather are al
layed among farmers, who declare that
the warm winds of the past few days
have thoroughly thawed, out the
ground.
JUDGE WHO WILL PRESIDE OVER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF BEEF TRUST, AND HEADS
ilililllP
iiiiiisfe
Louis K.
Swift.
s
000
PA D
INN.Y. DIVIDENDS
Corporations Report
Great Prosperity.
I9i0 WILL BE BANNER YEAR
William E. Curtis Writes
Stock Valuations.
of
COMPARISONS ARE SHOWN
Hundred and Fifty Firms Represent
ed in January Report Represent
$40,000,000,000 In Securi
1 ties, Bonds and Stocks.
BT WILLIAM B. CURTIS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. (Special.) Jan
uary dividends in stocks of nearly all the
great corporation of the country have
been reported as the largest on record
$202,032,602. but if the present prosperity
continues, the next July dividends will be
quite as large, if not larger.
The majority of the large corporations
have their transfer offices and financial
agencies In New York City and pay the
dividends on their stocks and the interest
on their bonds through them here semi
annually, in January and July. A few
of them pay quarterly through the same
agencies. ;
The total dividends and interest paid
by 130 of the most prominent railroads,
traction companies, banks and industrial
corporations during this month amount to
202,32.602, an increase of $19,773,496 above
the semi-annual dividends and interest
paid by the same companies in January,
1909. y
Total Does Not Include Small Firms.
This, total does not include thousands
of smaller firms and corporations in New
York, which undoubtedly paid an equal
amount, nor thousands of corporations in
other parts of the country, which are
Just as prosperous and have enjoyed sim
ilar profits. ,
Of the 150 great corporations referred to,
22 increased their dividends for January,
16 paid dividends this year for the first
time and four reduced their dividends 1
per cent per year, or less, for various
reasons.
The following statement will show a
comparison between the various classes
of dividends and interest in 1909 and 1910:
Dividends on Stock.
ltO.
32.246,817
38.400.825
7,743,710
9. 11 0,000
109.
2f,921,492
30.KBH.425
6,549.939
8.250.000
Railroad
Industrial
Street railways
Bank and trust
companies . .
Total
. . 87.591.33 75,117,S56
Interest on Bonds.
19tO.
Railroad 4 S3.500.O0O
Industrial 18.900.000
Street railways . . 4.000.000
Government 3,231,250
Greater New York ,SO0,0O0
78.4OO.00O
14.700.000
3.SO0.00O
3,231.250
7.OO0.OOO
Total I114.4S1.230
$107,131,250
Grand total
.$202,022,602 $152,249,108
Few people realize the extent of the
country's prosperity. The quarterly . divi
dends which will be due in March next
will amount to about $57,000,000, which is
$12,000,000 In excess of the total of any
previous year.
The 150 railways and other corporations
by which these dividends are paid repre
sent about $40,000,000,000 In securities,
bonds and stocks.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
, The Weather.
' YESTERDAY'S -.Maximum temperature,
53 degrees; minimum. 48 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain, cooler, high
southwesterly winds. y
X'orelgn.
British election considered tie. which ' may
1 mean another general balloting In year.
Paga 3.
Xetlcnal.
Government attorneys work all day milk
ing ready to attack meat trust. .Page 1.
Big corporations of country pay $200,000,000
in semi-annual dividends Pago 1.
Taft Is winning supporters in Congress for
his legislative programme. Page 2.
Domestic.
New comet appears and is given name of
"Comet A of 1910. ,T Page 1.
Canadian railway wreck yields 31 dead as
submerged cars are raised: more than
score of -bodies .unrecovered. Page 3.
Senator Brlstow voices meat boycott senti
ment ; movement Is growing. Page 2.
Convicted Banker Morse may be freed owing
to alleged Invalid indictment. Page 3.
Auctioneer Mayor is wonder and shock to
-Minneapolis. Page 1.
Omaha's Mayor races for Governorship of
Nebraska in automobile. Page 1.
Sports.
Queen's- Park defeats Cricketers at soccer,
3 to 2. Page 8.
Northwest.
Sheriff not to arrest sawyer, . who, girl
said, threatened St. Helens youth slain
Friday. Page 5.
New Idaho gold field scene of murder of
old man. Page 5.
Commercial and Marine.
Roanoke brings many passengers and good
cargo from California. Page .
Portland and Vicinity.
Italian shot down In front of boarding
house; police believe him to be -lctlm
of vendetta. Page 1.
Storm warnings out with center of pre
dicted wind about Cape Flattery. Page 9.
Argument that may decide fate of Broadway-bridge
bonds to be heard in Circuit
Court today. Page 7.
"Apostolic Faith" disciples lay claim
again to "gift of tongues." Page 14.
Heney may rest prosecution against Her
mann today. Page 14.
Automobile show opens this evening. Page 9.
WOMAN, MAN, CHILD AFIRE
Oil Explodes, Tot Aids Mother,
Father Burned in Fighting Flame.
ST. HELENS, Jan. 23. (Special.)
Enveloped' in flames this evening im
mediately after starting her kitchen
fire with coal oil, Mrs. W. B. Taylor
was burned from head to foot and may
die. Her . 7-year-old daughter was
seriously burned in attempting to quell
the flames with her tiny hands, and W.
B. Taylor, husband "and father, was
badly burned in trying to save wile
and child. Mrs.-Taylor was rushed to
St. Vincent's Hospital at Portland.
At 6:30 o'clock an explosion ln the
home aroused the neighborhood and
friends rushed in tq. find Mrs. Taylor
wrapped in " flames, her' husband and
child also afire as they attempted, with
their bare hands, to save the coal-oil
victim. Father and daughter were
saved by the throng that gathered, but
Mrs. Taylor's clothing was burned off
when aid arrived.
Mr. Taylor was burned about the
hands and face and the little girl sus
tained severe burns about the head and
back.
Taylor is a laborer and is the father
of a large family.
DYING REQUESTS GRANTED
Rancher Asks That Body Be Kept
Five Days Before Burial. x
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 23. (Special.)
James Hutchinson died at his ranch
on Fix Ridge, near Juliaetta. Idaho, Fri
day. Thirty years ago Hutchinson occu
pied as a homestead the land on which
he died. Mr. Hutchinson made three re
quests before he died: That he was not
to be buried until five days had elapsed
from the time of his death; that his body
should be either cremated or embalmed;
that the body should be placed in' a
hardwood 'casket. The family will carry
oufc his wishes. 1
Hutchinson leaves a widow and several
children. He had a 60-acre orchard on
his farm and took pride In the fact that
he had ripe cherries from June to Octo
ber. Jiidse Kenesnw M. I.analis.
"COMET A" LATEST
HEAVENLY
VISITOR
Newcomer Is Different
From All Others.
FIRST SEEN IN SOUTH AFRICA
Two Observers Report Ap
pearance Short Time Apart.
COLOR IS BRIGHT ORANGE
Variation of Spectrum From Those
Heretofore Observed Is Notice
able Resemblance to Great
Nebulous Body of 1882.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Jan. 23. The
luminous body now visible to observers
in various parts of the country Is a new
comet. It is known' as "Comet A, of
1910," and photographic observations
made of it by the scientists of Lowell
observatory show that Its light differs
from that of most comets, though it
closely resembles the great comet of
1SS2.
The new comet was reported by Dr.
R. T. A. Inness, of the observatory sit
Johannesburg, South Africa, on January
16. His name was given to it at first,
but as the same comet is said to have
been observed in the O'ange Fee State
prior to that date, scientists here pre
fer to call it "Comet A." .
The newcomer has excited keen in
terest among astronomers, who are
making close observations, but it has
r.ot yet been determined whether the
comet will ever reappear again.
An analysis of th photographic obser
vations made here Shows thta the new
body differs grearriy from comets In
general. The usual comet spectrum
oonsis-ts of a very bright series of
hydro-carbon bands, but the comet now
visible shows very-bright sodium lines.
The striking orange color of the .comet
head,' as observed in various parts of
the country, is said to be due to incan
descent sodium vapor.
NEVADA SEES BIG COMET, TOO
Tonopali Scientists Believe They Are
Viewing Halley's Star.
TONOPAH, Nev Jan. 23. A brilliant
comet, believed here to be Halley's, ap
peared tonight at 5:45 o'clock.
Owing to the latitude and clear at
mosphere it was plainly visible, shin
ing with brilliancy that rivaled the
evening star. The tall was clearly de
fined. The comet will reappear every even
ing for several weeks, according to
local scientists and then may be visible
during the daylight hours.
TRAINMEN MEET DEATH
Tennessee Head-on Collision Proves
Fatal to Firemen.
JACKSON, Tenn., Jan. 23. Fireman
Moore was killed: Fireman Foster wad
fatally scalded; Engineer M. Maroney
had both legs broken, and Engineer
John Tatum saved his life by leaping
from his cab when passenger train No.
5. St. Louis to Mobile, on the Mobile- &
Ohio Railroad, collided head-on with
an extra engine today at Carroll, Tenn.
None of the passengers was Injured.
The passenger engine was driven
through the express car.
OF TWO GREAT COMPANIES TO
J.
CONVICT FINDS WAY
TOPROTECTCHECKS
PARDON MAY FOLLOW AS
WARD OF ENDEAVORS.
RE-
Machlne Punches . Holes That Re
quire Comparison With Key for
.Complete Identification.'
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) After being sentenced to 20
years in San Quentin prison for high
way robbery, Frederick Hoffman, who
has completed two years of his sen
tence, has. perfected a machine which
promises to prevent effectually the
raising and forging of checks and false
identifications. To operate the device,
the check, draft or money order Is
placed In one end of the machine and
securely clamped. Keys then are
pressed giving the bank's secret mark,
the amount of the check and the iden
tification of the person . receiving the
money. When the paper is withdrawn
from the machine, however, nothing
more is visible than half a dozen round
holes puniched apparently at random
on the Jace of the check.
When the paper in""which the holes
have been punched is laid upon a piece
of cardboard with corresponding rows
of numbers the holes fit over the num
bers punched by the original operator
of the machine.
Steps now are being taken by per
sons interested in Hoffman's case to
bring about his release and it Is said
on reliable information , that Governor
Glllett Is willlng'to grant the pardon.
LIBRARY TO BECOME JAIL
Sacramento to Convert Reading
Hooms Into Bastile Soon.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) Sacramento's public library, not
a gift of Andrew Carnegie, is .about to
be converted into a city Jail, If the
plans of Mayor Beard are executed.
When the new City Hall,' which is
nearly ready for occupancy, was
planned. It was decided to have a pub
lic library in it. The rooms are there,
butobjectlons have been raised to peo
ple going into the library through the
City Hall corridors. By providing a
room in the City Hall for the library,
quarters for a city Jail were omitted.
It was therefore intended to have the
library building converted into a mu
nicipal bastile, ' which could be done at
a nominal cost.
The Southern pacific Company owns
the present city jail, which is a hole
of filth, and can oust the city at any
tirne it so desires.
MOUNTAIN LION FIRED ON
John Morton Catches Glimpse
Animal and Shoots.
of
By a quick shot, John Morton, Sandy
Riveiv who was returning from the
Sefton rnch. north of the Sandy River,
at Mount Hood, Wednesday evening,
escaped being attacked by a mountain
lion.
Toward dusk Morton noticed the an
imal had been following him for some
distance.
Catching a glimpse f the lion's sida
Morton shot quickly, but as It was
dark he could not take aim. The an
imal disappeared and Morton reached
home safely.
More cougars and wolves of the large
type have been seen near Mount Hood
taverns this year than ever before.
White Salmon Drills Firemen.
WHITE SALMON. Wash.. Jan. 23.
(Special.) The new City Council of
White Salmon is preparing to make the
fire department adequate for any emer
gency. Teams are being organized for
the engine, hook and ladder, bucket and
extinguisher departments, each well
manned, and officered, .and properly
equipped with the necessary apparatus.
The men are all volunteers. s-
UNDERGO SCRUTINY.
i
ORilen Armour.
VENDETTA SEEN l
DEATH OF ITALIAN
Man Shot Down Dies
in Few Minutes.
ASSAILANT KICKS VICTIM
Man Seen Running Away, but
Description Is Meager.
FRIEND VOWS VENGEANCE
Wife and Children In Calabria Had
Received Regular Remittances
From Man Who Worked as
Railroad Laborer.
Domenico Abanise. an Italian, known
nn America as Nick Mann no. was shot
to death at the corner of Hood and Lin
coln streets at 6 o clock last evening,
and despite every effort of tho police and
detectives the identity of the murderer
is unknown.. Absence of a clow leads the .
police to suspect that- Abanise was the
victim of a vendetta.
No one saw the shooting, which oc
curred Just outside the residence of Vic
tor Leon. Bfil Hood street and the boarding-house
of the murdered man. A pelt
ing rain was falling. Leon, a French
man, heard the shot and rushed onto his
porch, followed by his wife, and saw a
man kicking a prostrate figure. The
assassin ran diagonally across Lincoln
street and reaching the opposite side
walk, started running up Lincoln street,
where he disappeared.
No Enemies Known.
Abanise had been in America ten
months and had been living at Leon's
home three months. He is survived by a
wife and three children who live in Reg
glo. Calabra Province. Italy. and to
whom he has been sending money regu
larly. As far as Is known he has no
enemies here, and residents of the Ital
ian section profess to have no idea as to
the possible cause for the shooting. He
was 42 years old. He wras employed by
the Southern Pacific as a track oiier.
Just before the shooting Abanise had
been at a dance at 575 Hood street, which
had been held as a celebration attendant
on a wedding. Pete Catrino, the proprie
tor of the house at which the wedoing
was held, said that Abaniso left about
6 o'clock and must have been shot when
he was going to his boarding-house only
a few doors away. He was shot when
on the comer of the street and fell to the
gutter.
Death Follows Quickly.
According to Victor Leon, who saw
him immediately after the shot. Abanise
uttered loud groans as he lay dying. Leon
rushed down the steps and took the dying
man in his arms and attempted to take
him into the housj. This he was unable
to do unassisted, and soon a phvsician
arrived, when the injured man was taken
to his room and a strong Injection ol
strychnine was administered. He ap
peared to revive for a moment, but could
not speak, and died 15 minutes' after the
phot was1 fired.
The bullet entered the left bref.st, ap
parently Just misled the heart and
ranged downward toward the liver.
A description of the murderer is fur
nished by Leon and corroborated in part
by Francis Ferrera, who also saw a man
running. He is said to be short and
rather heavy and to have a black mous
tache. He wore a black slouch hat and
a brown suit.
The police were Inclined to think a(
first that Leon was Implicated In the
shooting. Leon and hie wife, Dota, an
Italian woman, have kept the boarding
house three months for thre other Ital
ians. Leon was much excited by the oc
currence, but when found by Patrolman
Stark Lytle after the shooting, was sit
ting calmly in his house, talking to his
wife as if nothing had occurred. Abanise
was still lying on the ground in front of
the house. Leon said that he could do
nothing himself and had gone in to quiet
his wife.
Man Seen Running Away.
When questioned at police headquarter!
Leon told a straightforward and un
wavering story and this was corroborated
by his wife and was strengthened by
Information gathered by Detectives
Tlchenor and Howell and S.'rgant Goltz
that Francis Ferrera had seen a man
running away and that the dance guestj
said the murdered man had left only 1
ftw minutes before the shooting.
Early In the evening' Abanise had beer
with his warmest friend, Phillip Macrl,
nn Italian, who has been in America
three months. Macrl was deeply affected.
He said that he had parted- from hii
friend at the dance enly a few minutes
before the shooting. He swore vengeance
and said that he would start an unre
mitting search for Manaco's slayer and
that if he found him there would be no,
need for a police department.
"It Is not so much for the man." said
Macrl, "as for thoe-a little children in
Italy."
When - told that his friend had been
shot, Macri rushed from the wedding
scene to the spot where his friend laj
dead, and covered the inanimate fac
with kisses.
When the alarm was sent to pollct
headquarters the police automobile waa
rushed to the spot and every Italian in
(Concluded on Page 8.)