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VOL. IV. NO. 34. ;r
Confesses That He and
KELLY KILLED OLD Pfu OF TRUST IliillSllBil
; . v ot uec; ii Drarinerusea ristoi
SAYS KELLY KILLED FLEMMINGS
AND WOUNDED J. I. ROUSCH
Aged Victim 'Waited Outside and Attacked the
Will Sign v His
Ulnejr" RaasmAn. arrst4 at TaeonU
on th charv of holdlns up tna. en-
tannlal hotel in thla elty, haa inada a
fall eoafaaaton to Chlaf of Polio QriU-
' maehar. rolloa Inapactor Brutn and Dl-
trlct Attomay Manning Am m aquanc
of hla confeaalon 8. T. ("Bailor) Kally
; haa baan charted -with tha murder of
i Thomaa Flammlngfc. rho waa ahot and
1 killed while attempting to foil th rob
7 bare In their work. ' .
. Deaplt th retloenv or th polio. It
- la known that Baaaman haa told erery-
JL thing nd .haa .bn., promUed a- light
aentenc on tha charge of robbery M
rav t ret him to tell th trath. tie
Hto TxnitiH ta tha office of Dlrtrict
Attorney Manning thla afternoon and
.will there make a oonfeeelon In detail,
-which 'Will be taken by a etanographer,
and aigned by him. ' ' - - '
c Information furnlahodv by fUaamaa
'-: haa nablad Oetectlvaa Snow, and Karri.
, gan, who worked up tha eaae and placed
; both men behind th bare, te find tha
maaka with which the. hlghwiymen
covered' theW'faeeeTtha empty aballa
' In the revolver they 'Weed and tha hat
worn by Kelly. Kelly did th ahooting
and not only killed Flemtnlnga but ahot
xH. L, Bouach through the arm,-, '.
As- . V ttilM 9wtUPtvi.- .-"-'v J
The police and jubilant over th cap
ture and Detective Bnow and Kerrigan
are being complimented on all aide
for ' th . good , work 1 acoomplUhed by
''them. - ' .
v' Tha Centennial hotel wag held up on
th night of December II by two maaked
mem , Sixteen men were lined up la th
' barroom behind th atov and caused
to hold. up their hand. . Plammlnga re
' fused to hold up hla handa .when ordered
I and walked out of 'he room.
-. When Roueoh, - who did 'not - move
1 quickly enough to autt the robber, waa
- told t throw hla handa abov hla head
ha kaatitatad and on of th highway-
man- ahot him through the arm. '
Another man escaped through aide
' door Into tha dining-room df th hotel.
' fell orer tables and broke a good deal
( of crockery In hla frantic effort to find
an xlt, aU th tlm ahoutlng "Help!
Robbers f The robbere paid no atten
: tloa to hint' and coolly want ahead and
completed their work- before leaving.
After on man had emptied tha cash
till of Ita contents, while the other
keot . th ' natrons covered with a re
volver, th holdup men backed out of
. tha aaloon.
la the meantime
Flem
. mlnga had procured a pleoe of scantling
and as they emerged atruck Kelly on
the head a glanoing blow. ;-. . r
: 0m. ...?,'.,., xQir mi '
,'.Th fore of th Mow. waa sufficient
' to fall Kelly to hla kneea, but did not
das him, and rising he shot the old
man twice. Flemmlag fell to th floor,
bleeding profusely, and afterward waa
GO" GRESS TO IliVESTIG ATE
L1RS: L'.QSRIS EXPLUSlOn
Resolution Introduced by Texan
tor inquiry inw imun I1" " ;
American ; Mother.' ,-ry.V
WearasI gpeelal errte.)
Washington. D. C, V a Repreeeo-
" tattv Bheppard of Texas Introduced
reeolutlow in th hous tod4y calling
' tor an Investigation by a committee of
. what la termed th "rcnt violent
... pulsion of an American mother from the
v Whit House offices, while seeking .an
audlenc with 'the prldentM Tr
' Th resolution concerns the election
of th wife of Dr. Minor Morrl laat
Thuraday by Assistant Secretary Barnes.
'.Mrs.'. Morris, who is a sister of Con
. cressmaa Hull of towa, called to see the
president regarding th dlecharg ' of
her husband as a contract anriy surgeon
and was mistaken for a crank by the
, "secretary, who (a alleged to have used
.. fore to get th woman out of th way.
8he waa arrested by secret service
'agenUtsnd taken, hysterical, to the Jail.
' where aha was charged with disorderly
conduct' and released on IS bell, which
she forfeited ty f-' it ar r v k. 1
the c v i r '
4.;:
His Xompanion ? Held
i.
Contessiorv ro(
taken to Bt . Vincant'g . hoopitalj' where
he died.. v ' ; : 4
. The police worked , hard on-the ease
and Detective Cay 'and Vaughn ar
rested Kelly a few daya afterward. Ha
denied emphatically that he knew any
thing about tha murder or holdup. He
waa. released as no tangible evidence
could b secured againat him. Ha ad
mitted that he, had bought' blue re
volver, or "black gun," a it is termed
In criminal -and police -parlance, from
Henry Brockmah, . pawnbroker, a day
or two before tha ertan wa committed,
and tha revolver waa foand In hla room.
Detectives new and Kenican, wIUm-
other detectives, kept working on the
case and finally received information
that Kelly .and Raaamaa had dona the
deed. Tbey. discovered that Rasa man
was 4n the city- when; th ..crlm was
committed. - :V . "-. .
Other - information waa aecured ' by
them and Anally they told Chlaf Orits
macher and Inspeetor Brain what' tbey
had learned. -Word wa Immediately
seht Chief MaJonay at Taooma to place
Rassman under arrest. He waa brought
back to Portland by Detective Kerrigan,
arriving 1 here ; Saturday morning, and
conAned In th city prison. U: :
; aeqrg Xtiiy , u XtafMT. ' 1 V'' -
-TheT prisoner waa - kept away from
Kelly and other prleonera, but little waa
said to him for two- days,' in order to
let him get a taste of confinement, as
th police thought this- would help in
making him talk. Yesterday afternoon
h evinced a deelre to. talk and this
morning waa taken before District AU
torney Manning. , -
Baseman is said to bav admitted
that he and Kelly did the deed and that
Kelly ahot and - killed Flemmlngs and
ahot Rouse h. He furnished th police
with Information as to th hiding plao
of th masks and empty shells from tha
revolvers. Th masks, which wer
made from cloth torn from an umbrella,
and hat worn by Kelly,- wer located
this afternoon by th detectives and are
now at police headquarters. - -
The police' bav also discovered a
place where Kelly changed 189 in halt
dollars for gold An hour after the rob
bery and murder. They declare that
Kelry-wtll-iisng for hts crimes. -
9eorga Cann, a brother-in-law, and
th aiater of Rassman reached Portland
yesterday and wer Instrumental in get-tins-
him to tell all he knew about the
r - erim. H 1 aged only II year and.
on account of hi youth, th aid h ha
ft van the officers and other- circum
stances, it Is likely that he will receive
a light Mntenc. - y -.-j, .
- Rassman waa a "pal" of Andy Borck.
who committed a series of crime at Ta
ooma a , few daya ago and waa con
victed and sent to th Walla Wall pen
itentiary for five yeara. ;.
sjui froisgo u;;der RULE
OF.OlKJIBORREGQ.
!,; i. ' v.- ; ni . ... v . . ' ,(i s
Mayor, Schmltx Inaugurated for
: Third Time Favori Mu '
'! nlcipal Ownership. Z'-"':
j tfearaal hU gerftearr"
aaa-Jranclsoo, Jan, t. jro-4h-ftrst
tlm In the history of any largo Amer
ican city,- Ban '. Francisco today com
mence two yeara Of admlnlatratlon un
der. complete-labor union admlnlatra
tlon. v Absolutely every city and county
office and all tn appoitrtmenta there
under, from the commissioners to Jani
tors, are union labor 'men r union labor
sympathisers, i
v, Thia is Mayor Bohmlta third term,
upon' which he entered at noon, when he
presented his annual raeeaag. In which
h mad " bitter attack . npon - those
newspapers that oppoaed hla reelection
nd in which he favored olty . water
supply, the operation of the Oeary atreet
railroad by tha - city, , new schools and
improvements tn streets, sewer,, ete.
.. '..j... to nut is susta.
I (Josrssl BpvrlsJ gervlet.)
Iondon, - Jan. . An - explosion oc
curred In mine at Aklta. Japan. Jan
v y 4, according to cable advice re
ved here, and mere than 100 persons
I U th fir Vtmt follow, .
Portland, Oregon; Monday eveninq, January
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New photographs of ; Uias" , WUhet-
mina ' Buach. Dauehter of -t the
wealthy St. Louis brewer, and Lieu-
n tenant Edward Scharer, who is said
to ' have 'endeavored to kidnap her,
HIS PLAN
Would Have Waterfront Project
t Submitted to People by
.i
Referendum. 1
WOULD COST PORTLAND
-'-MILLIONS OF' DOLLARS
M
On th -Other Hand Business Men
:l Who FaVor PuhUc? Ownership
Stbeme.- Sajr Profits ( Would Mors
; Than Repay the Outlay. Required.
Francis I.. McKenna' outlined a plan
to Mayor Lane today whereby the city
could acquire the waterfront, build pub
lic docks and construct. belt line rail
way along-th docks, by submitting tha
proposition to referendum. - He asked
th mayor to appoint on or mora com
mittees to make a thorough Investiga
tion and map out plan of procedure.
Mayor .tatna 1 said be could ' aee no
objection to' appointing: such, commit
tees, but. would - like . to- have 'time to
think over the matter." Th plan la In
keeping with the suggestions and recom
mendations -maoa in n is annual measag
-th -tt-oouneil, e-g---...
If th committee ar appointed. thy
will - have considerable work : before
them. They will first have to deterv
mine. what w nerves tn city would de
sir to acquire and th method of get
ting them, th coat of th property to
be purchased and the method to be
adooted to raise th money. If th com
mittee determine to auomit tn proposi
tion to referendum. petition will have
to b circulated to socur th signatures
of IS per cent of the voters of th elty,
asking for an election to consider the
matter, before th city council can pass
aa ordinance calling for such election.
Many,' prominent business men have
ax pressed, hearty, approval, ttt . Mr... Ma
Kcnna's project They claim that sys
tem f publlo wharve and a -belt 11 n
railway down the waterfront would be
of great advantage to, the real commer
cial Interests of the city.. The cost of
purchasing th desired property and
making the neoesaary Improvements
would be million of dollars but it Is
claimed that ravenu derived by th city
from -ownership of such utllltlea would
mors than repay th uUay .. . ,.
Ll'KEIIIIMTLlS
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Standard OH Employes Received
; Instructions to Deceive Pub-
-Tlc:ai-to- WhorTheyi. '
" ' f : Worked , For;
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ROGERS NOT STARTLED v
FBYTLASWLIGHT BOMB
' A
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Ticket Abroad Without Return Cou-
poBi Offered to Local Hanafer to
Get Him - Out of. the . Country
Trust Says . Hearing Is Only for
V Political Effect.
" " (Jeeraal Spseiat Servke.) '
. If ew Tors, Jan. t. Attorney-General
Haoiey of Missouri stated thla morning
that Wade Hampton, auditor of the
Standard Oil eoropany, failed to appear
at th investigation. - He aent word
that - h was 111. ' Mrs. . Butts, Rlce'a
stepdaughter, waa recalled and told" of
Rice aulta againat the Standard.
Witnesses testified concerning sub
sidiary companies and the instructions
they received ea employee, not to di
vulge th fact that they were or ever
had been connected with the StandaiM
Oil-company, , ..-4 '
H. C liardcaatla, former employe of
th Standard, says that an official of
th- Republlo company Instructed them
to represent' themselves aa Independent
mt th Standard.-- ' V- -- ' -
Mardeartle said that h was asked to
raalcn and Klvw uo th oorrespondenoe
he had had with the Republlo and
Standard. He asked for. an outside po
sition and was told thst he eouid never
have a bettor position if he did not give
up th letter. He was offered atlcket
abroad without return coupon. ,
H. H. Roger waa called. The photog
rapher set off a flaanJIgMjrlUout
rsrnina Everybody in the room ex
cept Rogers jumped. He sat still and
smiled. . Roger has frequently asked
for private hearing because h ssld
that h wa norvoua. " . .
" One of' tha counsel for the Standard
Oil company today - declared that Gov
ernor Folk and -Attorney-General Had.
lay ware whipping each other over th
Standard's Head and that the present
suits wsre mar policy plays. Hadleys
friends declare that the atatement - I
on , of th Standard's tricks and em
phatically s tot. that Hadley and Folk
ar wortlnc harmoniously. . -. . -. ' t
WARSHIP KENTUCKY
RAMMED BY ALABAMA
- f' '' (Josraal Bpsrlsl Bervtaa.) '
New Tork, Jan. I. The battleship
Kentucky and Kearaarge of th squadron
in command of R ear-Admiral Evans ran
aground ln-tfca harbor yesterday after
noon off th West Bank lighthouse. The
squadron was storting to sea when the
accident occurred. The Alabama was
following and collided s with th . Ken
tucky, badly damaging th latter above
floated, and th Kentucky ordered back
to shore. Th remainder of th squad
ron, composed of th Maine, Kearsarg.
Alabama and . Illinois, ar expected to
arrive In Hampton Road tonight When
th Kentucky Join th fleet Admiral
Evans will order ah Inquiry. ')
EIGHTY MILLION DOLLAR -GLUCOSE
TRUST FORMED
(Joarasl Special Service.) ' . .
" New Tork, Jan. I. Glucose manufac
turers announce today the' organisation
of combine to handl th by-products
of corn.' It will be known as th Corn
Products Refining company, with $80,
e0,00t capital, E. T, Bedford 1 .presi
dent. . , ' -,..'',',:'
WITH BRYAN ON HIS
- TOUR OF THE WORLD
r's !. ;
v- - . ; ,
, William Jenning Bryan will
d publish In next Sunday's Jour ;
InsL his Brst-letter from abroad
d Th famous writer and political
-d leader- ha engaged himself to"
d wrlt a aerie or article dealing
with th place an countries .
through which he will travel on d
"his tour of ths- world. These - d
letters will appear in Th Sun-
day Journal each week. - Th -
ar not th common variety of d
careleesly thrown together aril-
clea deacriblng land and place .
d i that have bean ew common In re- i 4)
e cent year aa to hav loat inter- 4
: : eat. Mr. Bryan haa studied th d
"big problems of th day as few"
SI ' men hav . , studied - them. - In
e - these dnys of chahg In the
oneat ma -view cannoi out D ey
especially . Interesting. . He - has d
:the grasp of hla subject aad a -
command of language that make d
htm Interesting -always, and in'
handling th big live lasue of. d
today he will give. The Journal- d
promtsea, -tho-moat" entertaining'
aeries of foreign letters put Into '
print In th last decade.. - , '
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s, isoe. twelve pages.
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Queen . Margaret of . Italy, ' whoa
' fifty-fifth birthday ' is , celebrated
, throughout Italy.' .. '
EXTRADITED THIEF
KILLS TIiriSELF:
Charles M. Meier, Wanted at San
Francisco for Embezzlement,
Shoots Himself on Ship.
STOLE TWENTY THOUSAND
AND SKIPPED TO LONDON
Was Trusted Employ of California
Win Merchant Disappeared Laat
" September Commita . ..Suicide J ss
'-.'Vessel Enters Port.' V'f'i' 1
-ryfs&X - ': "'. - ::; I'; ':
K(3mnmX Speclsl Servke.) ' ' .'
" New Tork. Jan. $. Charlea M.' Melr,
formerly a .trusted . employ , of a Baa
Trsnclsco wlna merchant, wanted there
on the charge of embexxllng 110.000,
committed aulclde thla morning aboard
th liner Carman! as th vessel ' was
entering th port from Liverpool. - Melr
was arrested In Xiondon November on
th request of the stats department and
ordered extradited. Detective Reynolds
of. Sea rranclsoo was sent to London
and had th prisoner In eharga whan he
killed himself . i . - "
, Th prisoner shot himself through th
head with revolver.
Th police freely predicted . that
Reynold would not succeed in bringing
back th prisoner and that the Utter
would commit 'suicide. . -f
Meier embessled about 110,000 from
John Caffey, the Pacinc coast agent of
th Pomeroy--Win company of' New
Tork while employed as confident lal
manager- and bookkeeper. -On Septem
ber It last' Meier mysteriously, disap
peared. Caffey ' reported hla - disap
pears nee to the nolle after Meier had
men missing ror nearly a wee a ana
feared thathe had met -with foul play.
He did -hot suspect that Meier waa ahort
In' bis aooounts and did not examine
hi book until October 1. when be found
that Meier Was short 110. 000. He waa
traced to Oalveaton, Teaaa, -end from
there to Germany and London . by Dr
teotive Gibson. r . . 3 -.-,: -i y , .
CABMAN ARRESTED IN
;, , GENTRY MURDER CASE
.1.' CJonrssl Special Berrkw.1 , ; ' - ?
Chicago. Jan. t In pursuit of clues
to -the murderer of Mrs. A.WT Oentry,
wh was mysteriously killed - Saturday
by stranger who cut her throat with
a - rasor, - the police this morning ar
rested . James Ooodelman, eab - man,
who says that h took man answer
ing th description Of Prank J. Qtastan
tlne to two railroad stations, . thence to
pawnshop and thane to th Sherman
hous, whar he left him Saturday,
shortly after th tlm of th-murder.
HAZING TRIAL AT-- -
' ; ANNAPOLIS RESUMED
lAMkl arvSM.t V - -
limafutlla Jan. 1 Th trljll Sf ttH.
ahlpman . Maraont. accused of fcaaing
lower - cue men ' itooeria, 17 ana
Bryant, wa reaumed thla morning.
t-v-' - Sank Fir m e szoiae. ,
r -t Mearasl Speslal Brvvlr.)
tVu. Unlnna. Iimii Jn. It VI r tV '
morning -caused I100.0W1 los In tn
Manjusndt .bank and adjolnir? cvr " -
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PRICE TWO
Chicago Millionaire Lumberman
Convicted .' of Forgery . In r
Xaruf'Frauds Sentenced
to Penitentiary. - j
DEFENSE PLEADS FOR ;
"7rMINtKTUrSENTENCE
Court Refuses Leniency on Account
of ths Magnituds of the Tranaac
tiona Ten Days Allowed to. File
, Bill of Exceptions for New Trial-
Object to Turner's Testimony, j
' : fSDecUt Dissateb. ts The JeamalJ
Salem. Or, Jan. . A. T. Kelllher, the
Chicago capitalist, convicted of forgery
In connection with land frauds, was this
morning sntnod to fiv yeara in the
penitentiary and to pay th coots of th
suit. - Attorneys" for th defense wer
granted 10. days In which to fll bill
of exceptions.
' Contrary to expectations Kelllher's
attorneys filed no motion for ' new
trial whan th es was called, but
mad- tatemente that - had - Kelllher
taken tha stand to giv testimony It
would show Kelllher should receive the
minimum penalty of two year. - It wa
argued that Kelllher waa convicted sols
ly on th testimony of H. H. Turner and
that ther would b Jio Juatlce. or hu
manity in fixing a long sentsncs upon
man whoa honesty and integrity na
never bean questioned before upon th
testimony of such man aa Turner, and
th attorney atotod in th .present atat
of publlo opinion It would be uhfortu
nat for any honeat man that ever dealt
In atat land to bo oompelled to. go to
trial - r-1 .- --r-
Th prosecuting attorney ' refused to
make a statement, saying th ease had
been tried. - - V.
Judge Burnett stated that, ths vwrJ
diet of th Jury was rued quantity
with th court. Th Jury waa author
ised to find a verdict as It did. and In
so choosing th court could not inter
fere. Th tsetlmony snowed that it waa
not disputed that KeUlher furnished aU
th money for paymenta and that at
th vary least was guilty of evading th
tow. Th jury, had found him guilty
and owing to th magnitude of , th
fraud th court could not .impose ' th
minimum, penalty.. - . -..- t
CENTRAL' WEST SHAKEN
BY SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE
' ' aearaal Special Serrfce.) '
Kansas City, Jan.- . A seismic dis
t urbane of from I seconds, to one
mlnut In length of tlm was felt In
the territory extending from Nebraska
on tha north to th Indian Territory on
th south, and from thla section aa far
west aa Sallna, Kansas, at :1T yester
day evening. From Topeka," Abilene,
Emporia and other Kansas" town comes
word that while no damage other -than
th rattling of dishes and th cracking
of piaster In many houses waa dona,
many, persons rushed to th streets In
panlc-etrlcken manner. At St. Joseph
and Joplln th same experience wa had
as In th Kansas towns. At Lincoln,
Nebraska, . Nebraak - City and -several
other amatler town th shock waa dis
tinctly felt, although no damag Is re
ported. . Th; motion waa from north to
south.-,.,-:- - ii- .-.;,,..,, ,- ,
GERMANY MOUNTS BIG .
;: GUNS ON FRONTIER
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. . . .. Mnernsl goeelsl Ssi ileal '
Oeneva, Jan. I. Germany for several
aays nss oeen increasing ner xoroeei on
th Swiss and . French frontiers. The
garrisons ar now on war tooting and
big guns hav been mounted. - V
' Th German whit book dealing with
the Morocoan situation. Issued tonight,
contains an attack on th French policy
and Is deelgned to counteract til antl
Oerman sentiment produced by th Ismi
anee of the French yellow book on 'the
bum subject. Th German book con
tains1 statement, supported by. docu
ments, that, France. intended lo reduc
Morocco to a vaaaalag. It directly
gives th 11 to Franc and presents aa
Indictment of the French foreign policy.
The kaiser Is confined to his room with
Chill. , , ' . , ; : . .' ; V, v ,
WHALEBONE LIKELY
TO REACH RECORD PRICE
yr-y--.-xi ' . ' " pi " ;' v - V,
'';'' ! '' (Jwaraat Sperlat Servte.)''- "'' ':,
' London. Jan. I, The price Of whole-
bone this season I likely to reach the
record price of I1B.00Q ton. A th
majority of th American whaling fleet
! imprisoned In the Arctic ice stocks
of bone In America ar low m 41
ton and th holder are j Iw.eoO
a ton. (
nl this country th w- r- ' to
It tone snd offer ef f -
been r , '
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tme
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CENTS. U!2JfU!PC
President of the Isthmian Cand
Commission and Director
of . Panama- Road Ce--f-V--.
verely Censured. ;
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CALLED DOWN FOrt K0T
CONSULTir-G-SUPERia'vS-
Sale of Bonds to Raise Money Un
- suthoriscd and Markcl Contract
Pound Fault WithMotives of Of-
ficials Oood,. But Jsfethods - Eea
ployed Bad Promise to Be GooAV-
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.
' aaraal Saacial Btrvtes.)
Washington, Jan. . Secretary of
War Taft has elt constrained to ad
minister a sever rsbuks to Presidsnt .'
Shonts of th isthmian canal oommla
slon and the government offlclaia who " .
ar director of th Panama railroad
In letter to th president, accompany
ing th report of th canai commission, -and
th president of th railroad, whloh
waa sent to congres today.
Two particular tranaactlooa failed to
meet th secretary' approval.' one that '
selling of railroad bond. It appears -that
director of tb road.- to meet ob
Ugatlona, decided t sell (II - I1.S80
I bonds, and did . so , without c Mit nt X
either Secretaryraft or rc ut ..
Roosevelt. Th secretary ssys:
. "The policy Is doubtful on and
should not have been done without first v
consulting1 higher authority." , . - . M
. Taft.1 by direction of th president,
ordered Shonts to repurchase tb bonds,
which h did. Vaft says: . . . -
"Ixecutlve olUcer of th road hav
besa advised -of the erior and hereafter "
will not act almilarly Until after con- '
sultatlon." . s :
. The other transaction la In connection
with th cancellation of th -canai com
missary contract which waa awarded to ,
J. K. Market of Omaha.- Taft says: -
'"President Shonts and the director
of tb' railroad are supported la their
position by th advlo of counsel, but X ,'
think In such matters they should' con
sult higher authority. I have so ad- ,
visad th offlclaia. In order to prevent
their departure from this principle In '
tutor." ..,,,'.,-.. .- .--
Taft lay atresa upon th good mo
Uvea of President Shonts and th dl
rectora, saying his only objection wa'
that tby had exceeded their authority.
The president indorsed Taft'a report, .
saying that he approved of th actions
and recommendation
Th president sent comunlcatloa
this afternoon to con area praising th
work.of tb canal commission and d ..
nounctng its detractors.
: He says th work I being admirably
don and great progress baa been mad
for tb last nln month. He also saye
what has been don give every reason -to
believe that th canal will be com
pleted sooner than anticipated and that -every
charge of Jobbery. Inefficiency
and -Immorality, from whatever source
It came.- haa been investigated and.
found to b false. , ' , ."'.
COLVILLE INDIANS.
r Optatr of South Half of :
(Washlsgte Bares ef The Jearasl.)
Washington, Jan. .The secretary of
ths ' interior today submitted to con
gress bill along th llnea of th agree
ment reached In September laat with th
Indians on th Colvlllo reservation, pro
viding for a disposition of th surplus
lands in th reservation. It provides for
th allotting of lands la-the southom ' .
part of tha reservation to the Indian'
and th payment to tbem of tl.tae.to
for - th . relinquishment of . th north ,
halt, approximating l.BOe.000 aore. th
lands thus relinquished to be opened for 1
sal and settlement, c 5',,j;:
' ; ARMOUR MUST PAYCX
gmpresa Oourt ZeoUe Against racks '
.Z; .... t sTorth Oarolin Caaia, y .
' ' ' ' iJoaraal Rpeeial aerrlce.!, ' .
Washington, Jan. . The supreme
eouit today - decided: that fnrArnwitfr
company must pay license of 1100 1) ',',''
each county In North Carolina, Imposed
by th tot law upon beef packer do
ing business ther. - Armour sought t
evade payment n the grounds that ths
llcsns was a to upon interstate cop
merce. -v ' v . '
',' TO Try Veaetnt
.- ' .'.'I (Josrssl aperlsl Bsrrles.1
Omaha. Jan. . The ten I (
United State court which len t
will take up the retraining land 1
cases. There ar a doaen or more
yet to be tried. invoJvtnt '
moat p'omtnent eetl '
keta and Nebr
ro-