SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1010.
'No. 20.
THE SECOND
ATTACK ON
FTRUS
The National Packing- o Be
Made Chief Subjec,
Attack.
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A FIGHT TO THE FINISi
The "Great Barons" of the "Meat
Trust" United on the Theory
5 That the Only Way to Solve the
High Price Problem Is to Increase
Production.
Chicago, Jan. ,24. With tho eyes
of an aroused people on them, tho
"groat barons" of the "meat trust"
are being placed on the defensive to
day by tho opening of the second
government attack upon the al
leged monopoly.
Evidenv,e believed to warrant
criminal procedure against the
trust is ready to, be laid before the
federal grand jury here at its meet
ing this afternoon.
Thirty subpoenas for witnesses to
appear before the inquisitors ai-e in
the hands of federal deputy mar
shals who are serving the papers to
day. United States District Attorney
Sims, Heading the government's at
tack, will begin his arraignment of
the packers, and his chief assistant,
James Wilson, will conduct the ex
amination in the grand jury room.
The National Fadkjng Company
has been selected as the chief ob
ject of attack. A great number of
: witnesses summoned today are offi
cials nnd employees of that concern.
Sims is armed with data secured
by government officials who have
been working more or less secretly
in securing it.
It is estimated that Sims will not
attempt to secure the indictment of
individual packers but will probably
attempt to indict them collectively.
It is also said that Sims will submit
evidence upon which he hopes for
tho indictment of the National Pack
ing Company as a corporation and
of directors In. other meat com
panies believed to be allied with Uie
National Packing Company.
That the packers will refuse to
testify before the grand jury is in
ferred by the refusal absolutely to
discuss tho investigation and by the
ction of their attorneys not only in
'dining to talk upon the subject,
also in counselling the packers
lence.
iry attorney reputedly connect
t with the ."trust" is here, nnd the
packers will present a formidable
array of legal force in tho forthcom
ing struggle. In order to meet this,
prosecutor Sims has engaged It. W.
jUedarls as special federal counsel to
assist him.
Hope of relief from higlu prices
of meats through action against the
packers, was somewhat mitigated
by the statements of J. Ogden Ar
mour, who, although refusing to
discuss the grand jury investigation,
commented freely on the high meat
problem.
"You can eliminate the big pack
ers from the situation, but the high
prices will remain,", said Armour.
"Prices are high because the laws of
nature cannot be changed. Increase
product6n and prices will fall."
Armour declared that the present
state of the market did not suit the
packers; that they preferred lower
prices for the reason that they then
could sell mpre meat.
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Thnnks Friends
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Acheson wish
to thank their many friends, mem
bers of Woodmen of the World, Sil
ver Bell Circle, and American Yoc
nien for their grat kindness on tho
occasion of the death and burial of
their son, Carleton Eugene.
NATIONAL
WATERW
AY
SSION
THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE
HOMELESS
9
$ Until You Get Our Prices i
We are giving the values and the best bargains in Sa
lem, We are busy every day and the reason is we have
"the right goods at the right prices,
t
t
t
t
HALF
PRICE
And Less
Come to tho Chicago
Storo if you want tho
best values in Salem in
Ladles' Cloaks and Suits
It is a matter of selling
during this month and
not profits.
$7.50
$15.90 Suits
now
$20,00 Suits rn
now 7.3u
and so with all the rest
along the line. Roraem
bor these suits are this
season's newest garments
long coats and plaited
skirts at Half Price.
Preliminary Report Presented
to Congress Today
Outlines Policy.
WATER POWER SITUATION
Declare Against the Stifling, of
Water Transportation by Kail
roads Through Itcduccd Rates and
tho Purchase of Competing Water
Routes.
Clearing Prices
Dress Goods, Silks, Hosiery, Gloves, Men's and La
dies' Underwear, Blankets, Comforts, Shoes, Outing
Flannels, Shirt Waists, Dress Skirts, Petticoats, Furs,
Embroidery, Wool Waistings, Sweaters, Men's Clothing,
Girls' Coats, We make prices to suit all pocketbooks,
I CHICAGO STORE
SALEM, OREGON
The Store That Saves You Money
UNITED 1'ItKSS LEASED WHIG. .
Washington, Jfin. 24. The first
definite outlining of the government
policy to be followed in the improve
ment of the rivers and harbors fof
the United States was indicated to
day when the National Waterways
Commission, created March 3 of last
year, presented its preliminary re
port to congress. With tho report
is a discussion of tho policy tho com
mission recommends for dealing with
the water power situation, and it' is
understood to express the latest
views of the administration on this
mooted question, a position some
what different from that taken by
President Taft in his conservation
message. A severe denunciation of
the stilling of water transportatipn
by railroads through reduced rates
and the purchase of competing water
routes is mode by the commission.
To the pleat that the improvement of
waterways reduces rates by rail,
even if the waterways are not used,
the commission says:
'The commission, while fully rec
ognizing this fact, cannot endorse it
as a desirable policy. It rests in the
first place upon the transparent fal
lacy that the railroads constitute an
entrenched and uncontrollable mo
nopoly, which cannot be reached by
legislation of other orderly and legal
methods."
As a remedy for this condition, the
commission recommends that when a
railroad rate is once reduced to meet
water competition, it cannot be raised
until, after a hearing by tho Inter
state Commerce Commission, it
should be found that the proposed
new rate rests on changed conditions,
other than the elimination of water
competition.
The proposition to give the Inter
state Commerco Commission the pow
er to fix minimum rates below which
the railroad cannot go was con
demned by tho commission, but the
majority of the commission recom-
CContlnued on Paso 5.)
Convention of International
Amalgamation of Peripa
tetic Paupers in Session.
MILLIONAIRE TRAMP THERE
Box Car Artists from nil Over tho
Country In Attendance Police De
pnrtmcnt to' He Resolved Against
as "Combinations."
UNITED I'HKSH LEASED WIHR.1
Chicago, Jan, 24. "No moat for
us," Is the motto of tho Internation
al Amalgamation of Peripatetic Pau
pers, who havo gathered horo today
for a weok's convention. Scores of
delegaos havo motored hero on the
trucks of private cars, and many
loading hoboos of tho country are in
attendance.
The first day of tho convention was
taken up in tho puroly routine man
ner of getting various delegates out
of tho county Jail and tho city pris
ons in which they havo boon con
fined because of paralysis of tho "la
bor" portion of tho brain.
An oxocutivo committee meeting
was called last night by J. Eads How,
'the millionaire tramp, of St. Louis,
chairman of tho convention. Tho
commltteemo nworo Just boginning
their work when an unfortunato an
nouncement of "coffoo and sand
wiches" caused a precipltato rush for
the lunch counter.
It is said that among the mattors
to come before the moating will be a
resolution donounclng polico depart
ments of tho country as "combina
tion" in restrain of their trade. A
movement for tho abolition of free
lunch counters also will be denounced.
Dozens of Villages Flooded by
Breaking of Dyke at
Kaone au Doubs.
THE SUFFERING IS INTENSE
Scores of Persons hi the Submerged
llegion on tho Itoofs of Their
Homes, Whcro They Are Suft'crlng
From Exposure and Fright Pro's,
vision Supply Running Low.
UNITED I'JWSS LEASED WIRE.
Paris, Jan. 24. Two persons re
ported to have been drowned and a
dozen villages flooded this evening by
tho breaking of the dyke at Saone
au Doubs. ' The Worst Is reported
from Chalons whero tho deaths oc
curred. Scores of persons in tho submerged
region were driven to tho roofs of
their homes whore they are suffering
from exposure and fright. Rescue
parties have been organized and
probably will work all night carry
ing victims to places of safety.
Tho Seine today is ton inches above
Its previous highest water mark,
reached in 187C. The volume of
water it is carrying is much greater
than in that year, in view of the
fact that the channel has been deep
ened an additional 11 feet within
the last 20 years. (
Tho retaining walls along tho
banks aro in serious dangor of col-1
lapse. In many places they have
been undermined, and several cave
ins already have resulted.
Portions of tho street frontintr tho
Cn amber of Deputies collapsed today.l
barring trafile from tho thorough
fare. Tho basement of tho great
building was flooded.
Place St. Michael and tho under
ground station of tho Orleans railway
were partly filled with water shortly
beforo noon. Tho barricaded win
dows of the station crashed in be
neath tho flood, and a muddy deluge
seethed into tho .tunnel.
The city's great railroad system
Gare d'Orsa, was abandoned when
the authorities decided that further
occupancy would be dangerous.
The morgue, one of the historic
buildiugs of the city, made famous
by writers of many nationalities, is in
danger of collapse. y
Fearing that tho street under
which tho Orleans tunnel would cave
in, the polico today ordered it block-
man n had been informed of tho
workings of tho Hydo-Bonson com
bine nnd .that ho approved of tho
Bluo Mountain withdrawals at about
the samo time this information had
heon given to him.
This morning Worthlngton re
newed his objections, contending
that Honey was going too far in his
claims for tho evidence. Judge
Wolvorton held with Honey.
It is tho expectation of tho gov
ernment through tho ovidienco that
is going on that Hermann had a
full knowledge of tho way in which
forest reserves wore being created
for the benefit of school land specu
lators and that in tho face of this
knowledge hie favored tho Mays
Jones creation of tho Bluo Mountain
reserve.
This in addition to other ovidonco,
which is expected to bring tho ac
tions of Hermnnn still closer to tho
Bluo Mountain resorvo. will close
tho government's case nnd open tho
way for tho defense. It is believed
that Mr. Honey will bo nblo to close
tho prosecutions ovidenco tomorrow
perhaps by noon. If that should
provo truo tho court will lvst for
half a day in order that tho defonso
may shape up its ovidenco for pre
sentation and map out its case. It
is not believed that Col. Worthlng
ton will requiro an extended time to
get his ovidenco betoro tho jury.
It is not known yet- whether Her
mann will take tho stand, though it
is bolloved that ho will do so, in
which case his examination by
Honey may be long.
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School Board Buys Property
A deal wheroby. tho school btfnrd
acquired another half block of land
adjacent to tho now school site was
closed Saturday, nnd tho site for tho
proposed how building consists of
one whole block. The last half was
sold to the board for $2100.
JAPANESE
MINISTRY
THREATENED
(Continued on Pago 4.)
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LIGHTS
TURNED
Everything Will Be in Readi
ness by nd of the
Week.
LAST LE8
Prosecution Expected to Close
Its Case Some Time Tomorrow.
THE JUDGE FAVORS HENEY
With tho Closing of tho Hvidciice
of tho Prosecution the Court Will
Take a Host In Order to Give De
fonso Time to Shape Up Is Evidence.
UNITED I'llESS LEASED WII1B.1
Portland, Ore. Jan. 24. Proso-
cutor Honey is on tho last log of hlH
presentation of tho government's
case ngalnst Bingor Ilormnnn, ox
commlsslonor of tho gonoral land
ofllco, now on trlnl In tho United
Slates court beforo Judgo wolvor
All during tho morning sosslon
Honoy has boon reading tho lottors
writton by J. A. Zabroskle, an attor
ney of Tucson, Ariz., who wroto the
commission In 1902 telling tho no
tions of tho Hydo-Benson ring In se
curing school land in California
and Orogon through tho croatlon of
forest unserves. Tho lottors of JCa-
broskle, the rople of Ilormnnn, the
lottors of J. II. Snyder, Zabroskle's
informant nnd n former ompoye of
Hyde, tho roport of Special Agent
Holeinger. who saw Zabreekle nnd
Snyder, nil woro read before the
Jury, over the strenuous objections
of Col. Worthlngton.
All of Saturday was taken up In
an argument between the attorneys
over the admission, of the evldenoe.
Judge Wolvorton held that it eould
be introduced to show that Her-
Although final reports have not
been submitted by tho various com
mitteos appointed by thie Board of
Trade and Business Men's League,
of tho progress being mndo towards
securing funds with which to light
Salem Htreots with streamer lights,
it has been assured that tho trans
formers will bo connected up again
and tho lights turned on within a
few days now.
Tho committers, W. II. Meyers,
Watt Shlpp and M. O. Buron; F. N.
Derby, Will McGlIchrlst nnd C. H.
Hinges; Geo. Wators, II. H, Ollngor
nnd II. D. Patton, havo boon work
ing hnrd for tho past fow days and
there remains but a fow more mor
chants and other city pooplo to so
licit. Tho only opposition mot
with tluiH far, Is that ninny deslro
(o wait and loarn What tho result
will be of tho redont clustor light
ing system advocated by a fow of
the business men. Others, however
nro highly In favor of maintaining
tho streamer systom, and many sug
gestions havo been mndo to contiuuo
tho present, plan until something
better Is assured nnd havo tho city
Illuminated while wniting for clus
tor lights.
Tho committees roport that tho
majority of the business mon re
spond loyally to the cnuso and wish
the Htreamors lighted at tho nearest
possible date. A small numbor of
names Is yet desired bofoiv tho
Board of Trado wish to sign up the
contract with tho Portland Hallway
Light & Power Company, and It Is
hoped, that by next Wodnosday, the
streets will be again lllumlnntiod.
The stronmors nro all in plnco nnd
to connect tho transformers roqulres
hut an hour or two.
CIRCUIT
COURT IN
SESSION
Korean Assassins in Tokio
With .Sworn Purpose of
Wiping Out.
FIVE' ARE ON THE LIST
Prince Tainagatn, Premier Ivalsurn,.
General Sono' and General Hnscgn
wn. Aro tho Doomed Ones Police
Force Has Been Doubled.
f UNITED MESH UUABRD WIRB.
Tokio, Jnn, 24. Double police
activity was ordered today follow
ing tho recolpt of nows that five
Korean assassins have nrrlved " In
Tokio with tho sworn purpose of
murdorlng Prince Yamngata, Pro
mior Katsura, Foreign Minister Ko
mura, Resident General Soao and
Goneral Hasogawa.
Each assassin has been assigned
a victim and tho government 4s con
vinced that tho wholesale assassina
tion hns been planned as a grand
coup by tho Korean revolutionary
society.
A largo body of special detectives
was sot to work today to trace the
Koreans nnd tho marked mon havo
Ween surrounded by guards. They
will bo protected, and will go about
today only under heavy guard, un
til the supposed nssassins havo' beon
run down.
Tho plot wns exposed through a
confession obtained from a member
of tho revolutionary party In Seoul,
Korea, and Is considered by tho gov
ernment to demand tho most prompt
measures on tho part of tho officials.
Ata sccrot mooing of tho revolu
tionists at which tho assassination
of Prlnco Ito was colebr&tjed as n
great victory for tho Koreans, tho
groat plot wns formed.
There were many volunteers to
undertake to accomplish itotahrdlu
undcrtnko Its accomplishment. Lots
woro drawn nnd tho men solected
after the fashion of European anar
chists. Each man, tho confessor
statled, swore to give up his llfo In.
ordor to carry out his purpose.
It has boon learned that tho fiver
mon sucoecded in entering this city
and aro now In hiding awaiting"
tholr opportunity to strllqo. Tim
fact that tholr own lives havo been
forfeited In advanco and" that dan
gor of death Is nothing to them,
adds Intensely to the situation.
Every possible offort Is bolng,
mndo to traco thorn but making the
mnttor public undoubtedly has put
tho assassins on their guard,
Tho govommont officials today
fear that tho assassins will postpono
action nnd simply remain in hiding
until tho present oxcltoniont pastes
over If they can avoid arrest. This
phnso of the caso, added to tho faet.
that othor assassins, It Is Bald, aro
ready to replace any of tho flvo who
may bo captured, makes It all tho
in oro serious as It plaaaa tho high
officials of tho govommont In por
manont dnngor of bolng numlorod.
Tho campaign of assassination is
tho outgrowth of tho strugglo of
Koroa to frc horsolf of Japanoso
domination. Tho rocont agitation of
a plan of annexation for Korea has
aroused now blttornoss. Tho heavy
blow doalt Japan In tho murdor of
Prlnco Ito has encouraged tho Kor
oan robols, who aro oxnlted by tho
bollof that thoy aro fighting tho bat
tle of patriotism and aro laying
down their lives for th freedom o
their country. ,
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IN JUSTICE COURT
Tho en u I ty department of tho cir
cuit court, provided over by Judge
Galloway, convened today. Tho af
ternoon was cousuniod In tho setting
of eases, and hearing of preliminary
pleas, nnd no trial cases will prop-
Ably be hoard until tomorrow after
noon or tho noxt day.
The calendar for the term is heavy,
consisting of 81 cusos, but aomo of
these, will be continued over, some
will be dismissed and a fow settled
out of court, and the seesslon will
probably not longor than usual. Out
of the total numbor of oases there
aro 31 divorce cases to bo heard.
Tho preliminary hearing In tho
enso of State of Orogon against John
T. Schuylomnn will bo hoard tomor
row morning beforo Justice of tho
Ponco WobBtor. Tho chargo In this
caso Is that of criminal Jlbyl and thy
complaining wltnoss Is Frod Stowart.
Tho two mon ,lt sooms roprosouts two
dlfforent wlroloss companies, and tho
offoiiHo Is alleged to consist In tho
publication In the Portland Journal
of an urtlclo, which was derogatory
to tho business of Fred Stuart, TJie
state In tho caso will be roprosentod
by Doputy District Attorney Wlnslow.
Hack on Run-
The Orogon City Transportation
river steamer, Oi'Qgonn, wh'ch was
sunk on tho lower Willamette sev
eral weeks ago us the result of run
ning upon a sharp rook, Is on the
run again from Portland to Corval
11s nnd performing her regular du
ties. Tho largo hole made in tho
sldo of tho oraf t, was repaired soino
timo slnco, but muoh work was neo
ossary ebforo tho . Interior of the
boat could bo put buck In shape.
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