THE MOKJMJNlx OK EGOXIAN. TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1910. BOYCOTT . PRICES CAUSES TO DROP Pork in Chicago Declines 53 Cents on Exchange Wfthin Second Hour of Trading. BUTTER DOWN SIX CENTS In Pittsburg Cattle Prices Lowered at Stockyards and Hotel Men - Join No-Meat Crusade. I) cm Moines Has Remedy. CHICAGO, Jan. 24. Partly as a re sult of the tHreatened boycott on meat hy the labor unions, and directly as a result of the agitation agrainst the hign cost of living:, prices of food products are beginning: to be dropped. Today pork for January delivery broke here from $20.90, the closing quotation' Sat urday, to $20.35 within the second hour of trading. On the Elgin Board of Trade the price of Elgin fancy creamery butter dropped from 36 to 30 cents. It was admitted by the board members that this sud den drop was caused directly by the agitation In various parts of the coun try and the rumor that in some locali ties a boycott of butter had been start ed. The 30-cent price was greeted with, applause. " At the Union Stockyards in Pittbsrug cattle prices dropped from 5 to 40 cents a hundred today. This was a direct re sult of the boycott on meat started In that part of the country. "Veal and pork have been reduced somewhat, but beef continues at the high price that started the boycott. All the hotels of Pittsburg are falling into line with the meatless men. The anti-meat pledge has been signed by 125,000 here, representing 600. 000 peopie. From Schnectady it la reported that meat deliverers say there is a decrease in their business of 15 per cent. The boycott has been generally signed among the IS. 000 employes of the General Elec trics Company. Nine business men of DesMoincs, head ed by Postmaster J. I. Mierly, Colonel H. H. Hedge, vice-president of the Central State Bank, and County Treasurer George L. Dobson. today made up a fund with which they will establish a co-operative meat market. They plan to sell meat at a profit of 6 per cent above the whole sale price to the poor people of the city for one year. HEINZE'S TRIAL IS SET Copper Kins to Appear March 3. One Indictment Quablied. NKW YORK. Jan. 24. F. Augustus Heinze lost one point and gained an other today in connection with the pending charges against him for al leged misapplication of bank funds. Judge Hough in the United States Circuit Court denied the application of the former "copper king" for an order enjoining the Government from seek ing further indictments on the charge following the recent quashing of ona of the indictments previously found. District Attorney Wise announced ha would make further presentments to the grand Jury. The court then decided that Heinze must be brought to trial on the two in dictments still pending. The date for the trial was set for March 3. Heinze had asked for a trial as soon as pos sible. Pleas of not guilty were entered by Arthur P. Heinze. Sanford Robinson .and others connected with the United Copper Company, indicted for conspir acy to obstruct the investigation of the Heinze charges. Their counsel moved for the quashing of this- indictment. Decision was reserved. LOG - JAM CAUSES FLOOD HuniptnUps Kiver Backed Vp Till Banks Are Overflowed. HOQUIAM. Wash., Jan. 24. (Special.) A log jam is reported in the Humtulips Itiver, eatd to extend about two and half miles and containing about 25,000.000 feet of log.-), backing the river up until it is now from three to four feet over iu3 banks, while the water is on a level with the Moclips extension of the Northern Pacific, about 13 miles from this city, and the floors of section houses are under water. Recent heavy rains have caused freshete In all the. creeks along the Humtulips and, while there was some sunshine today, the rain is again falling heavily tonight. 3 MIDDIES ARE DISMISSED Klowing Bowl at Christmas Downfall of Naval Academy Men. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. President Taft today approved the recommenda tions- of the Superintendent of the Pxaval Academy at Annapolis for the dismissal of Midshipman James M. Whitehead, of New Jersey; Scott Lynn, of Utah, and Grover C. Clevelanger, of Missouri. The midshipmen were charged with intoxica tion during the Christmas holidays. All three were on the eve of being graduated. HOUSE FROWNS ON JUNKET (Continued Prom First Pac. ) Summer of 1907. It sailed May 18 and returned September 17, and that no report of the trip has ever been published, and. in my Judgment, will not, for it seems the trip was a pleasure Junket for most of the members, rather than an informa.-tion-gathering trip. "The Commission made no progress un til forced to do so by the late Senator Ijjtimer, of South Carolina, who returned liome on the next steamer and informed the Government on the Boor of the Sen ate that the Commission intended merely to delay Immigration investigation. Macon's Charges Smart. "Messrs. Latimer, Burnett and How ell, of the Commission, were allowed to go to work, while the chairman told Mr. Wheeler to come with him and en Joy himself; that the immigration problem had been thoroughly investi gated by the Individual Commissioners, and that only he and another knew the real purposes of the Commission. "I canno-swear to these facts, be cause I was not present, but my in formation has been received from a re liable citizen. The members who went abroad were Dillingham, Latimer, Bur- uett, Howell and Wheeler, and they were accompanied by their families and two of the secretaries of the Commis sion, one of them a Mr. Crane, whom. I am advised, is a nephew of Senator Crane, of Massachusetts, and the other Mr. Durand, Senator Dillingham's sec retary. - Shampoo Cost Marked Vp. "I have heard that the auditor of the State Department has entered a protest against a certain member of the Com mission for charging up as part of his expense account the amounts paid out by him for laundry, haircuts, shampoos. and automobile rides for pleasure on the Appian Way. I understand that Mr. Bennett and his secretary have been abroad several times at the ex pense of the Commission. He is one of the three members of the steering com mittee. Mr. Macon referred to Professor Jenks' work as lnXuencing students "In the political way the party in power would have them walk." He declared the Commission's report con tained a mass of material that could be culled at any time from the police courts. Chairman Tawney, of the Ap propriations committee, condemned the practice of creating Commissions with 'permanent appropriations.' Hand of Politicians Seen. Instead of incurring expenses and then asking Congress for the neces sary money to meet them, as the Im migration Commission had done,' he said such work should be provided for by annual appropriations. Declaring that he believed the fail ure of the Commission to make its final report was to prevent legislation restricting Immigration because an election was approaching. Representa tive Burnett of Alabama, a member of the Commission, said he believed it should have concluded its work be fore now. The House . passed the urgent defici ency bill carrying nearly $3,000,000. This is a reduction of more than $1,000,- 000 under estimates submitted by the treasury department. GALLANTRY GOMES HIGH NEW TOItK FINANCIER-GENTLE MAN LOSES $28,000 KOLL. Warner Van Norden, Trust Company President, Aids Women, Who Prove to Be ex-Conviets. NEW YORK, Jan. 24. Warner M. Van Norden,- president of the Van Norden Trust Company, ie $28,000 poorer in pocket nd correspondingly wiser in Judgment as1 to when to be polite but cautious. Wednesday night Mr. Van Norden went to the theater, and later to the Waldorf to write some letters.- In a wallet in the pocket of his dresscoat was $38,000 in J1000 bills and $000 in $1000 bills, and one $500 bill. Hie letter written, he stepped out to the street, undecided whether to walk home or call, a cab. As he stood hesitating, a well-dressed woman passed him and dropped her hand bag. Mr. Van Norden stooped and picked it up. Ae he stooped, a second woman stumbled on his feet and, in regaining her balance, threw her arms about his neck. There was a moment of confusion, many apologies and then all three went their several ways. When Mr. Van Norden next morning transferred his pocketbook from his drss coat to hifi sack coat, he noticed that it felt slim. The 28 $1000 bills were gone. He reported the robbery to the police instantly and two arrests followed today. They are BeFWte "Roberts, alias Kittle Dowd, alleged by the police to be No. 8746, and May, alias Margie Williams, No. 9201, in the rogues gallery. Both wo men are from Chicago. The Williams and Roberts women were arrested in front of the hotel. The Wil liams girl is only 20 years old, always well-dressed and is pretty. The other woman is older. Mr. VanNorden identified both women and they have been held In $15,000 bail each. He hopes to recover part of the money stolen. He had taken the precau tion to note the numbers of the bills and $1000 bills are not easy to pass. PALOCSE STREAMS RUN ITLL Highways Are In Bad Shape, but Railroad Service Improves. COLFAX, Wash.. Jan. 24. (Special.) The high water mark was reached by all Whitman County creeks and rivers Sun day night, the water being almost up to the mark of last year's floods. This year no serious damage has been done and the streams are receding daily. Heavy rains and Chinook winds have taken all the snow from the Palouse hills except on north hill slopes. Rains and. thawing have put roads in bad condition, culverts in many places being out. Railway service is better today than for the past eight days. Big Orchard Planned. SPRINGFIELD, Or.. Jan. 24. (Special.) J. M. Clark and G. O. Washburne have received a shipment of nearly 3000 peach trees and a smaller number of apple trees, which they will set out aa soon as the weather permits, on a 25-acre tract two miles above this city. The ground is river bottom land, and its semi-sandy soil Is especially adapted to the growing of peaches. The fruit will be prepared for shipment and a cannery may be built on the grounds. Stayton Turns Down Bond Issue. STAYTON. Or.. Jan. 24. (Special.) At the special election held here Saturday, a total of 105 votes was cast, ana tn fight for the $1000 bond issue for the erec tion of a high school was lost, the vote being 76 against And 27 in favor of the proposition. On the proposed purchase of six additional city lots for school pur poses, the citizens favored by a vote of 54 to 49. Dufur Plans Fruit Institute. DUFUR. Or.. Jan. 24. (Special.) At a meeting of the Dufur Valley Fruitgrow ers' Union this afternoon, arrangements present to lecture on pomology and kin- were made to hold a rruugrowers insci tute in February. A lecturer from the agriculture college at Corvallis is to be drd subjects. several otner speaners will aRit. - l.'incon YrsfIs Dash Over Bar. HOQUIAM, Wash., Jan. 24. (Special.) Eleven barbound steam schooners made a successful dash for the open Bea today and all are reported as hays. ing got safely over the bar, although there was a heavy swell and another dense fog while the vessels were on the bar proper. They had been in the lower bajy for several days. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver' Tablets. They do the work whenever you require tneir aid. These tablets change weak ness into strength, listlessness into energy, gloominess into joyousness. 'J neir action is so gentle one don t real ize they have taken a purgative. Sold by all dealers- DENNETT ANSWERS H1TCHCQGKGHARGE Denies Any Fraud in Buying Paper Fasteners, Explains Brick Chimney. EXPENDITURES TO BE GIVEN Land Commissioner to Explain Dis position Made of Million-Dollar . Fund, Which, He Says, Has All Been Legitimate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Admitting that the paper fasteners used by the General Land Office were invented by his chief of accounts, Irving C. Pitten house, but declaring the latter made no profit on them. Commissioner Den nett answered another of the charges made against the Interior Department by Representative Hitchcock, of Neb raska, before the House Committee on Expenditures today. z Mr. Dennett said he was careful to ascertain that it was no violation of law before the purchase was made and required Mr, Pittenhouse to waive his royalty. Mr. Dennett denied the charge that a "certain brick chimney," which ha identified as a new one just built at the General Land Office Building had been paid for out of the $1,000,000 appro priation for public domain protection; declared It was constructed under sep arate appropriations. Information Hard to Get. When Mr. Dennett resented the sug gestion that Mr. Hitchcock was -persona non grata at the Land Office and that he could not get information he wanted, Mr. Hitchcock, who for a time examined the witness, said he had based his statement on the President's recent order against subordinates di vulging information. Because of this, and the peculiar position he occupied in having presented charges, he had not applied for information, he said, s Condensation of the testimony bs- rore the last hearing of the commit tee, as reported in these dispatches led to the omission xt an important statement of Dennett, regarding the cnarge that private telegrams were paid for out of the funds of the department. Anis is wnat tne commiesloner said, as shown by the stenographer's report: "I have no knowledge of any such tele grams being sent, with the exception of two telegrams which were sent to the Commissioner of the General Land Office at a critical time, stating certain remarks which were being made in a paper. These telegrams, after having been received were taken to the chief of the field serv ice, and the Western Union was notified that they must not be charged to the public land appropriation; that they re lated to private matters: that no bill would be authorized which was submitted for those telegrams. it appears from the record that this etatement was substantiated by Mr. New burgh, assistant chief of the accounts di vision; the purport of the testimony being mar. me telegrams referred to as trans mitting newspaper articles, which were not paid for by the department at all. Expenditures to Be Stated. Examined by Mr. Hitchcock. Commis sioner Dennett agreed to furnish a de tailed statement of all expenditures from the million-dollar fund around which re volve charges of improper use, and also to furnish a list of transfers and promo- lions or employes between the statutory civil service rolls and the special million dollar fund, or "Schwartz rolls." He de nied that salaries were generally in creased when employes were transferred to the "Schwartz rolls." Mr. Hitchcock explained that he did not agree to an swer all questions because of the natur ally confidential character of his sources of information in the Interior Depart ment, and the punishment that would fol io wexposure of these sources. Mr. Dennett said that a little more than $5000 worth of furniture, including- car pets and rugs, had been bought for use in the General Land Office under the million-dollar public domain .protection fund, but that it was all incidental to the work under that appropriation and was of the cheapest kind of material and bought under the regular contract sys tem. He said the million-dollar appro priation had enabled the bureau to catch up largely with the work of protecting tne public domain. OREGON CITY CITIZEN DIES Robert Wilkinson, Pioneer, Passes Away After Long Illness. OREGON CITY, Or.. Jan. 24. (Spe cial.) Robert Wilkinson, a well-known resident of this city, died January 22 after an Illness of six months. Mr. Wilkinson was born in County An trim, Ireland, 66 years ago and came to Oregon City 30 years ago. He was i millwright in the employ of the Port ia.ua c louring amis lor over 20 years. Mr. W ilkinson leaves besides a widow the following children: James. of Gladstone: William, of Brownsville David, of Portland; John, Eastern Ore Bon; nenry ana Samuel, of Oregon City; Mrs. Jennie Boyd, of Albany, N. Y.; Mrs. Margaret Rugg. of Oregon iity. He also leaves two brothers. William Wilkinson., of The Dalles, and James Wilkinson, of this city. The funeral services were held at the family home on Monday. MEAT NEARLY KILLS DINER Eugene Man Chokes; Quick Aid Man Chokes; Saves Life. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 24. (Special.) Uncle Fred Warner of Fall Creek while eatings dinner in a local hotel here today, choked on a piece of mea and . fell from his chair ' to the floor, unconscious. A physician who happened to be near ran his finger down Warner's throat and removed the obstruction. The physician stated that if aid had not been prompt the man would have died. ' : TWO UNION MEN ACCUSED Switchmen Alleged Pistol AA ielder. Painter Wanted for Battery. SEATTLE. Jan. 24. A. W. Lamson. a striking switchman, was held for trial today on a charge of carrying concealed weapons, at the instance of the North ern Pacific Railroad. Lamson entered a Northern Pacific round-house yesterday, held up the engineer and fireman of a switching locomotive with a pistol, and warned them that he would kill them if they dared to move the engine out of the building. The Prosecuting Attorney's office today issued a warrant for the arrest of John Bungenstock, a union painter, who is al leged to have assaulted and severely ) naintiner some Italian flsriires in the dome of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, after demanding that Groh produce a union card. In the construction of the big church the open shop has been main tained, and at one time the police had much difficulty in preventing violence. WEAR DEATHMAN ESCAPES Dayton Rancher's Gun Explodes. He May Lose Hearing. DAYTON. Wash., Jan. 24. (Special.)' Escaping, without a scratch, what looked for a time like certain death4 was the experience of George Hubbard, a young rancher living ten miles south of Dayton. The accident was a peculiar one. Hubbard discovered several days ago a wad fastemil in his rifle, which was a powerful 30-30. Busy with his farm work, he neglected to remove the ob struction. The appearance the other morning of three coyotes in his barn yard caused him to disregard caution and leveling the weapon across a log he fired. A terrific explosion followed and flying steel and wood were burled in the frozen ground all about the man. Hubbard was not scratched, although he fears he may loose his hearing. Parts of the gun were never found. VANCOUVER RAID SUCCESS "Chinks' " Dens Entered by Police Reveal Tnnnels Under City. VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 24. (Sp cial.) A raid today by Chief of Police Chamberlain, three detectives and sev eral officers on a gambling den in Chinatown has revealed a series of un derground tunnels and cellars which would vie with those of old San Fran cisco for extent and filth. They were a big surprise to the police. Only one white man, out of 25 cap tured by the police in dens, -was found. Numerous gambling paraphanalia were carried away and an exploitation of the underground tunnels made. The latter contin the worst assort ment of rubbish and best-planned series of escapes and hidin gplaces for Ori entals and criminals that could bo con ceived. GANG OF EIGHT IS TAKEN Detectives Make Raid on Room Full of Criminals. Eight criminals with long records were taken by Detectives Snow and Coleman In a room in a building at Grand avenue and Bast - Davis street last Jiight. They are" held on the charge of vagrancy pend ing an investigation. John McGuire, James Jordan, Harry Peavey, H. E. Carpenter, Albert Williams, Elmer Mason, George Dempsey and Charles Brand are the names given. McGuire and Jordan are in the rogues' gallery. Since his release frdm the Peni tentiary, where he served two years for burglary, MoG-uire has been soliciting alms with Jordan on the streets. "The funds derived In this manner assisted in the sustenance of the other six. Today a thorough search of the room in which they were captured will be made in an effort to secure Incriminating evidence. All were taken to police head quarters in irons by the arresting officers. FATHER CONFESSES CRIME Choir Singer Says He Killed Child to Prevent Wife's Disgrace. SANTA ROSA. Cal., Jan. 24. Confess ing to the murder of his infant child, whose body was found in a creek with its throat cut, willard E. Thomas, singer in a local church choir, was jailed here today. According to the authorities the prisoner Implicates his wife, who maintains that she is inno cent of any part in the crime. The child was born several days after the marriage of Its parents. Th police declare that Thomas admits hav ing committed the deed in the hope of saving himself and his wife from disgrace. FRANCHISE IS OPPOSED Aberdeen Citizens Organize Protest Against Spur on Hume Street. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 24. (Special. Aroused by the application of the Gray Harbor & Puget Sound (Union Pacific) Railroad for a franchise for a spur track on Hume street from Division to streets, property owners along the thor oughfare are circulatlong a petition ask ing the Council to refuse to pass tn ordinance. It is probable that a meeting will be held at the City Hall tomorrow night when plans for organizing opposition will be framed. PORTLAND MAY GET TEAM (Continued From First Page.) State League to open each week in San l rancisco. Meeting All Harmony. A similar change, which haa been sought by Director James Brooks. Vernon, was granted. The midweek game at Vernon will be played on Fri day afternoon of each week while the Tuesday game will take place at Chutes Park, Los Angeles. The stories that emanated from Los Angeles of a plan to depose1 D. W. Lon as secretary proved a bloomer. Th subject was not even brought up by Henry Berry, who was supposed t be the father of the idea, and in an event. Long had enough votes to hold him, had the scheme been brought be fore the meeting and there was noth ing to ruffle the harmony of a fully represented session. Feronian Society Wins. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallis. Or.: Jan. 24. (Spe cial.) The Feronian Literary Society carried off first honors in the girls in ter-society literary contest last night Minnie Price won the extempore reaa ing contest. Esther Leech the oratorical section, and Vera Haskell tne imper sonations. Marshfield Plant Sold. MARSHFIELD. Or., Jan., 24. (Spe cial.) A representative of Billingsby & Co.. of Chicago, is looking over th plant of the Coos Bay Gas & Electric Company here audit Is understood deal is about to be closed whereby th local electric gas plant will be bought bv the Chicago firm. The compan here is owned by Hewitt & Bell, of Ta coma. - A lot of 100 $50.00 at The goods have just been purchased at a dis count of 33!3 by Mr. Gray, who is in the market, and our patrons get the ad vantage. See window display. A rare opportunity. See them to day. Goats won't last long. . V GAR IKES PLUNGE Automobile Runs Over Cliff, Taking Six Lives. TUMBLES END - OVER - END Kansas City Contractor Loses Control and Three or Party Are Instant ly Killed, Three Others -Sure to Die. ABERDEEN", Jan. 24. (Special.) Threats of boycott made by local com mercial firms against Seattle whole salers and Jobbers following the ac tion of the Northwestern League base ball team in dropping Aberdeen are quite evidently of more body than at first supposed and. Judging from evi dence today, the boycott has actually begun. F. Fenelon, representing a large drug Jobbing house, who has been in Aberdeen since last Friday, reports that he has been refused orders by every Aberdeen house with whom he has had dealings in the past. Mr. Fen elon said he did not know about the alleged boycott until he began to so licit from his old customers. When, they refused to give orders he in quired the reason and was told that hereafter It was their intention to deal with Portland firms. Fenelon haa writ ten to his house, outlining the boy cott policy, and it is said authorita tively that his letter, is similar to many others written from this city to Seattle firms of various branches of trade, by despairing drummers who have found a hitherto remunerative market, closed to their goods. The same condition was reported today by a man well known to the confectioners of this city, who is traveling for a large candy firm of Seattle. "Business this trip," he said, "is comparatively about 75 per cent less than my last trip before the league meeting. My orders here on previous trips have averaged several thousand dollars." The orders this time will not total several hundred. My old cus tomers are as friendly toward me as ever, personally, but as one remarked, 'It's strange, old man, hut Seattle can dy now has a bitter, lemqnish taste. That's what they all say and I don't know what my house can do about it." The first quick blaze of anger which swipt the city has subsided to smolder ing coals, equally as powerful, which give no indication of dying until a scar has een left on local trade with Seattle that will long b ? remembered. I SEVERAL THOUSAND : X DOLLARS WILL BE GIVEN AWAY- : : 'JANUARY-26 - AT 6 P. M. : I SEE PAGE 8 : E7"'itTlH Extra Special Offering of Chesterfield Overcoats coats, values $40.00, $45.00 and a special price, your choice QD C nLiaO 273-275 Morrison at Fourth 2d Annual Automobile Show At the Armory--- 50 Cents Daily 2 to 5 P. M.; Evening 7:30 o'Clock Half a Million Dollars Worth of Cars on Exhibition, All 1 9 1 0 New Models Automobile Accessories, Power Boats, Racing Cars, Automo bile Wheels, Engines, Vacuum Cleaning Machines, Mechanical Exhibits, Demonstrating Ex hibits -Anything and Every thing the Automobilist Needs. One Thousand Dollar Auto mobile Will Be Given Away' Tickets Free With All Admissions at the Door PVnrO A J Another Air Ship has ar ' ' - rived and is on exhibition with the Curtiss machine.. This machine is 38 feet long ready to fly also a Monoplane model. Aviators will explain in detail the workings of the three machines. First Flying Machines on the Coast Two Military Bands Furnish Music W. M. I.ADD, President. I have known come of three, four or five thousand dollars a year who did not leave one m . v .1 1 111 i tartning to tne surviving nousenoiu. fCVvw Bimh a man's death is a defalea- tion, an outrage, a K. COOKINGH1M, Vice-President. S. P. L0CKW00D, Vice-President and General Manager Home Office, Lumber Exchange BIdsr. Portland, Or. 9 T. H. WILCOX, Vice-President. men who had an in swindle. He did not M. M. JOHSOX, , Secretary.