The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1905, Page 4

NO EXPENSE WILL BE SPARED IN PROBING COTTON SCANDAL President Roosevelt’s inquiry into the cotton report “leak” in the Deépartment of Agri- culture will be sweeping and relentless. The entire secret service has been placed at the Repre- | sis disposal of As tant District Attorney Beach, who will conduct the investigation. sentatives of the cotton growers intimate that high officials will be implicated. & President Is Deter- mined to Punish the Guilty. || | —_———— Already Preparingto Prosecute 1hose Implicated. st WASHINGTON July Beach into | een a leak- | g the Gov-| | be far more by secret | of Becre- | of Agri- Hoyt the ernme: exhaustive t jon of culture. committed the 10 intends to before he re- e officials to 'be a cer- -WILSON FEUD. ting pr he cot- it looks like to bunko the New York | wing two months to | hearing further, the Sec- | 901, called upon the or information as to made any discoveries. day BSecretary of the | replied as follows: of Sternberger firm After elapse and retary, or secret service it had wing ge of this man who wanted to sell @one with the hope of being but as a matter of the advance in ived no assistanc ngton upon whom not This report of Gage was transmitted to | Hubbard by Secretary Wilson the next day and the matter was allowed to drop. | But in January, 1902, Hubbard com- plained of having been advised that Southern ginners were sending to the de- partment returns of their ginning opera~ tions bearing the date of December 22 or 23; “and,” said Hubbard, “I am unable to understand why additional returns from ginners should be obtained, since the result is to be published.” Tt seems, however, that the Department of Agriculture had not called for any gin- ners’ statistics at that time, but that the circulars had been issued from the oen- | sus bureau. In the same month, Hubbard wrote the Department of Agriculture, Sasking for certain information on cotton; but the ¥, in the course of a sharp let- | nying the request, written under | date of January 11, 1802, sald: | We take the ground here that nothing goes out unless it goes to the whole people. We | have po fa s, | n to-day permitted the the correspondence in order to show that, as far back es five | years ago, he had taken prompt action to discover any leaks in his office | oo e L ¥ | ASK FOR A FULL INQUIRY. ! Presidents of Cotton Exchanges Appeal | to Mr. Roosevelt. ! NEW YORK, July 12—The New| York Cotton Exchange to-day made ! Public the following letter: YORK, July 12.—Hon. _Theodore | President, Washington—Dear Sir: behail of the Cotton Exchange I want to #ay that its members have been recently greatly shocked by the disclosures in the De- partment of Agriculture on Whose report they have lepended for accurate the conduct of their common b ¥ Tequest that a full investigation ot methods which ied to the h a view of preventing the pos- recurrence and that the guilty ones | ely punished. id be above suspicion of manip- | own or any individual's bene- fit and as president of this exchange 1 wish to Put its members upon record as utterly opposed to such’ culpable proceedings. On the line of common honesty 1 ask you for your most emphatic condemnation and action upon the practices which make legitl, mate business impossible and put the mem- bers of our body st the mercy of H and knaves. : With great information on - respect, 1 am, yours truj i WALTER C. HUBBARD, Prestdent New York Cotton Exchange, | NEW ORLEANS, July 12.—President | A. Brittin of the New Orleans Cotton ' Exchange to-day addressed the follow- ing letter to President Roosevelt: The recent exposure in the statistical bu- reau of cotton, iculture bas Geveloped = eituation which in cotton trade circles for many months past has been strongly suspected, from apparent tpdications, | & 1o emount 1o & positive conviction of wreng- Going. And now that the exposure has been ' | terested !nh‘!l‘r dealing by reason of the de- * | | ] | ‘ ‘ { | ‘ | | | FEDERAL ATTORNEY WHO WILL C JUCT THE COTTON SCANDAL INVES- TIGATION AND THE CHIEF o ICIAN OF THE CROP BUREAU OF THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON. . AWSON NOW READY TO SMASH SYSTEM. Five Thousand Insurance Policy Holders to Join in Suit. Special Dispatch te The Call. OMAHA, Neb., July 12.—Thomas W, Lawson announced to-day that In Even were the ‘system’ able to coax a | 1000 to ouit, the other 4000 would learn short time now he would take the first | of it and become so highly indignant step in the smashing of the “system.” “This will take’the form,” he said, “of an immense lawsuit, in which 5000 pol- cy holders of the big insurance compa- jes will be joined as plaintiffs, with more than 1000 officials and members of boards of directors as defendants. “The action will be one in which the policy-holders, in behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, will ask for the restitution of millions of dollars | taken from them by the defendants, in the form of illegal commissions and | perquisites. These men have no right to this money. It belongs to the policy holders. They must give it back to them if the law will make them—and I am convinced it will. Before the case has gone far there will be perhaps 1000 lawyers engaged in it. It will be one of the greatest cases ever filed. “Responses to my request for the names of policy holders in the compa- nies and the character of their policies are coming in an astonishing way. In the first week there were more than 14,000 of them. They come from men varying in station from the laborer to the Governors of different States. “Why join so many men as plaintiffs? Simply for this reason: Were there one or two or twelve the ‘system’ could, perhaps, influence them to drop the case. With 5000 this will be impossible. —_— publicly announced a feeling of intense in dignation prevalls throughout the trade in- partment having been used by a clique of corrupt _speculators to promote their indi- vidual and seifish ends. And we feel that ft should be known who have been the bene- ficlaries, the corruptors and the corrupted s well. With this end in view I am directed by the board of directors of this exchange to address you direct and invoke your good office in having a searching investigation car- Tied on until the whole matter is probed to the core and the results given to the public. 1 to assure you our people here are already profoundly impressed and gratl with your continued disapproval and condém- nation of impure methods in Government af- fairs and your unylelding disposition to dis- miss from the service unfaithtul agents, and therefore anticipate your good efforts in re- sponding to this appeal. ATLANTA, Ga., July 12.—President Harvey Johnson of the Southern Cot- ton Assoclation, after hearing the re- port of Secretary Richard Cheatham with reference to the investigation of the bureau of statistics in Washifgs ton, to-day authorized the following statement for publication: The cherges preferred by the have been fully substantiated and the Inve jon_of the bureau of statistics along matter drop where it is. that others besides Holmes of_further comnection With Aepartment. President Roosevelt has already taken active steps in the matter and etill more important ey future. Rainier Beer is called “unfair,” yet|8re we are very willing that you investi- te carefully every point in questi connection with the present strike. < that they would fight the harder.” —— GOVERNOR MICKEY KIDNAPED. Prevented Frow Attending Lawson’s Meeting at Fairbury. SIOUX CITY, lowa, July 12—Through the assistance of an officer of the Unitea Stutes Court at Omaha, officlals of the Burlington and the Union Pacific rail- ways managed to kidnap Governor Mickey of Nebraska and prevent him from filing his engagement to appear at the Chautauqua at Fairbury, Neb., yes- terday with Thomas W. Lawson. To staff representatives of two Sioux City and one New York newspapers an officlay of the Burlington and another of the Northwestern raflways toid of the Inci- dent here this evening, with considerable elation. They sald Governor Mickey was notoriously impressionable and that they resorted io thelr plan to prevent him from coming under Lawson's spell. Litigation involving taxation of the Burlington and the Union Pacific is pend- ing in an Omaha court. This was made @ pretext for issuing summons for Gov- ernor Mickey's appearance. He rushed to Omaha, only to be informed that the hearing would not be held until Septem- ber 20, but it was too late for him to re- turn to Fairbury. The rallroads also refused to run ex- cursions to the Lawson meeting, aithough they had been running them to every other special attraction during the prog- ress of the Chautauqua. They made no attempt to conceal their motive as re- garded Lawson and mickey. PACTFIC MAIL LOSES VALUABLE PRIVILEGE Steamship Company’s Can- tract With Panama Rail- road Is Terminated. NEW YORK, July 18.—The contract be- tween the Panama and the Pacific Mail Company, under which the latter has for years en- joyed the exclusive privilege of handling freight on the Pacific side on bills of lading, terminated to-day. Here- after all carriers will be on a parity in respect to transit facilities on the isth- to sell at an brings you the brings you the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 1R, 1905. BANKER SUES FOR HIS MAIL 'akes Action to Set Aside Fraud Order Issued by the Postal Authorities WINS A LEGAL POINT Federal Judge Temporarily Restrains the Enforcement of Cortelyow’s Instruction ST. LOUIS, July 12.—A temporary re- straining order was issued to-day by Judge Smith McPherson of Iowa, sitting in the United States District Court, against Postmaster Frank Wyman, re-| quiring him to discontinue stamping the mail of the People’s United States Bank and E. G. Lewis as fraudulent and re- turning it to the sender. In the mean- time mail will not be delivered to the bank or to Lewls, but will be held at t:u- 8t. Louls postoffice, pending final ac- tion, The petition for the restraining order complained of the treatment accorded the bank and B, G. Lewis by the postal authorities in Washington, and asserted that the bank could produce abundant proof that it was sound and solvent. It was contended that the fraud order was Issued without a hearing before the At- torney General in pefrson. It stated the beilef that there was now more than $000 In the accumulated malls directed to the bank, which would not be delivered. and it was argued that the right to recetve mall was a consti- tutiona! one; that the afflants had been deprived of this right without due pro- cess of law or trial by jury, and that the fraud order declared them guilty of a crime without a legal trial. Receiver 8. P. Spencer, for the bank, said to-day that he had little idea bf the length of time the receivership would last, but thought it would be not less than fifty days. He said that, since June 2, following an examination of the bank's affairs by BSecretary of State Swanger, the tofal of subscriptions recelved amounted to $35,000 and subseriptions were still coming in. Yesterddy 3§00 was | recefved by express and through other channels, whilé hundreds of leiters are held at the postoffiee. iy e BANK’'S PAPERS CONFISCATED. Government Officiais Rald a Fraudulent Chicage Concern. CHICAGO, July 12.—United States Government officials have raided the Imperial Bank, one of the institutions | conducted by Louis Gourdain and Joha H. Dalten, now under indictment for operating a lottery. The search wars rants were issued by Judge Bethea on the complaint of Inspector Ketcham of the Postoffice Department. Accompanied by United States Deputy Marshais, Inspector James E. Stuart entered the bank, armed with a war- rant, and proceeded to confiscate every- | thing in the shape of books, papers, | literature, tickets and such other articles as were thought nec ary to be used as evidence. A wagon backed up to the door and the ‘bank” was transferred to the pestoffice storehouse. The Federal seizure warrant called for “all articles of literature, paper, tickets, books, etc. labeled or belonging to the Louisiana Banking Company, Louisiana State Loan and Trust Com- pany, Victor C. Lopez & Co., W. J. Mor- gan & Co., Louis Gourdain, Imperial Banking Company, Imperial Bank and the Manhattan Exchange Bank.” The trial of the “bank’ officials will come up before the Federal court at the next session in September. The articles confiscated will be introduced as evidence. MISSOURT RAILROADS SECURE INJUNCTION State Temporarily Stopped From Enforeing New Maxi- mum Freight Rate Law. KANSAS CITY, July 12.—Judge John F. Phillips in the United Stages District Court here to-day granted the tem- porary injunction prayed for by the Missouri railroads restraining the State Railway and Warehouse Commission- ers of Missouri and the Attorney Gen- eral of the State from enforcing the maximum freight rate law enacted by the last Legislature. When the law went into effect June 16 eighteen railways in this State peti- tioned Judge Phillips to restrain the State officials from enforcing the act, the raflroads making -the claim that the rates provided in the new law were prohibitive and would amount to the confiscation of their property. The suit also was directed against three Kansas City shippers, intended to cover ship- pers as a class and to forestall any suits they might bring against the rail- roads. The court issued an order at that time preventing the enforcement of the law until the matter of a tem- porary injunction could be argued. This order, which was argued last week, was continued in force to-day by Judge Phiilips, who, after deliver- ing an oral opinion, granted the rail- roads’ petition for a temporary injunc- tion. ADMIRAT, WHITING ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS NATION FACES CREAT CRISIS i Judge Peter 8. GrosscupI Talks Upon the Corporate, Problem in America PEOPLE HOLD REMEDY At Must Arouse the Instinet of Independent Manhood Throughout the Country PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio, July 12.—Five hun- dred representativesof the Ohio Bar, in- cluding many eminent jurists of the State, assembled here to-day for the an- nual session of the State Bar Associa- tlon. The feature was the address of Judge Peter 8. Grosscup of Chicago, who Sspoke in vart ~- follows: The great corporate problem before American people is not how to wipe out the new demain of progerty represented by the corporation; nor how to hinder or hamper it; the torship; nor, simply, how to make those who have aiready come into its proprictorship deal fairly and benignantly with the people, as ihe great proprietors in the monarchies of Eu- | rope might be required to geal fairly with | their peopk:s. ‘he great problem that manship of this ike that which con- fruited the swatesmanship that had to deal with the public landed domain, is how to peopleize the ownership of this new domain; how ® wid:n and deepen the popular stake in this new possession: how o sweep forward Into the sge that is to come, losing nothing overboard irom the age that is passing: but with everything @board so really republican- iged that, In the public mind, there will be no fe<ling that, under our laws and under the practical opportunities for an individual ca- reer that our laws are supposed to furnish, the field is not open to all alike. It fs not the appetite of the men and wom- on of America for food that creates our prob- | lem. It is not their wish for entertainment | or change. What creates our problem is that, under présent corporate policics, the instinct of independent manhood—the Ipstinct that characterizes us as a people—fAngd no field for exercise. And what confronts us is to find a way that will, with reasonable security, open to thix instinct the whole domain of indistrial | proprietorship | @0 not expect that way to be found fn a | day, or in a single measure. It is not or- dein-d that a pecple should go through a great crisls <o easily, I do not expect that the way will be found by the men who are called the pacty leaders. or that immediate help come from: them. FParty leadersaip is timid. Mcn in line for the Presidency and Senator- ships and Governorships are men who think many times before they take any step that ‘might separate them from the prevailing pub- lic mood. ‘What I aim at, and what I ask you to join in helping along, is to set in motion "the | public opinion that lies behind party leader- ship. When the deeper judgment of the na- | tion. ie reached; when the vested Interests of this country come to see that their greatest | security lies {n having all about them nelgh- { boring vested interests—a proprietorship that reaches out and out, until, carrying reason- able security, it is within thé reach of all; | when th: men who toil for wages, without | abating their appreciation of their present | protective agencies, come to actually wish for | an individual share In the country’s prop- erty: when the country wakes up to the con- sciousness that ben:volence is not the only thing that is human; that just dealing ls | not the only thing that is human. but that in- | dividual ambiticn to zet on in life is human also: that the wish for a career (5 human; | that ‘ndividual independence is human: that | some ehare in the world's inheritance from | nature is humian: when the s; that in- spired the pre-emption and homestead laws— | peopleizing the domain that fell to fathers—ravives In us, dealing, as we Bave to | do, with the. rger and mors that has fallen to us: when the public mind and heart have been lighted up, ways will be | found, abendant ways. to Infuse Into this new | preperty domain of. the republic, even though { embodi€d in corporate form. the widespread | persanal interest and individuality that alone | gives to property jts fullest utility as an agency for good, and alone saves to private property its place as one of the republican institutions of the country. ADULTERATED FOOD MAY NOW BE SOLD| Poison Used to Color or Pre- serve Must Be Noted on Label. confronts the states- NEW YORK, July 12.—Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has sent out a ecir- cular jetter in regard to the large amount of adulterated foodstuffs imported since the pure-food law went Into effect and which have been held up because the Bureau of Chemistry of the department found that all kinds of adulteration had been practiced. Secretary Wilwen in this order modifies a former one in which he had declared that the goods must all be sent back to Europe. A number of the largest whole- sale grocers in New York concerned in the importations made a strong case, pleading a misunderstanding of the law. The Secretary’s order, which arrived at | the New York Custom-house to-day, pro- . vides that goods already imported shall not be sent back, but may be sold in this country. He orders, however, that cans of peas colored with sulphate of copper ghall be distinctly labeled so as to show | this fact; varlous strawberry jams shall bear a label reading “artificially colored,” | and some canned mushrooms must be sold as “stems and scraps.” —_——————— Kettle of Spaghettl Explodes. CINCINNATI, July 12.—Nearly twen- ty Italian track laborers were in- jured, three probably fatally, in an ac- cident to-day near Baldwin, Obio. In preparing” a mess of spaghetti for the Italians the cook called for more water. The men called secured two bucketfuls of petroleum and poured it into the ket- | tle and an explosion followed NEWPORT. R. L, July 12.—The police of Newport and private detectives were trying to- asy o te the mystery surrounding the fhett of $10,000 Worth of Jewelry from the horgé of Charles M. Oelrichs last t. ‘The | conclusion has been reached that the robbery | ‘was committed either by jewel experts or by persons famillar with the Qeirichs jewels and Government Wants Part of Waikiki Beach, Owned by the Afongs. ——— HONOLULU, July 12—A condemna- tion suit was brought in the Federal court to-day by United States Attorney Breckens to secure three and one-quar- ter acres of land_on Walkiki Beach. The land is owued by Mrs. Afong, and it is wanted for forts and fortifications. 1t Is valued at $25,000. Attorney Breck- ens, in his con:plaint, sets forth that the rapid development of commerce in the Pacific Ocean aud the need for the protection of commerce, ds well as Honolulu, is the cause for the con- Rear Admiral The suit will not be of the land having been agreed .. The legal action is for Tea ot Prenting the tite o the TAnd. ————————— % Preters Death to F ‘mm their value. nor how to take it over inte natlonal proprie- | f HOBAET BOSWORTH, THE ACTOR FOR WHOM A BENEFIT WILL BE GIVEN TO-MORROW. 10 THE DEATH WINFIELD, Kan., July 12—C. S. Cal- houn of Kansas City, an Atchigon, To- peka and Santa Fe Railway tective, was shot and instantly killed at Cedar- vale to-day by two outlaws who were at Hewins, seven miles from Cedarvale, close to the Oklahoma State line. of the outlaws, Edward Madigan of Ponca City, O. T., was instantly killed by the posse. burn of this city, was fatally wounded. The outlaws exchanged shots wit. the posse. merchant, was shot through the foot and a woman named Malone was hit in the leg by a stray bullet. The outlaws held up and robbed six traveling men at the Britton Hotel at Winfleld on Sunday night last and escaped. At Cedarvale last night De- tective Calhoun encountered both of the outlaws on the street. Not being posi- tive of their identity, Calhoun secured the City Marshal and one of the robbed traveling men and all three started in a carriage in search of the two men. Early to-day they drove into a side street. The traveling man identified them and the trio in the carriage were just in the aet of making a stand when either Madigan or Chadburn opened fire. Calhoun was shot through the heart and the outlaws made their escape temporarily. The town was aroused. . The outlaws stole two horses and started for Hewins. While a posse was gathering at Cedarvale word | was wired ahead to Hewins where the deputy Sheriff quickly gathered a score | of armed men about him. Within two hours the outlaws rode up to a hardware store at Hewins, gallop. Just as Madigan and Chadburn were leaving the main streets the posse opened fire from the protection of a store. | The robbers returned the fire and a lively fusillade ensued. Finally Madigan fell from his horse, dying almost in- stantly. Another bullet brought Chad- burn to the ground, shot through the bowels. 2-adigan’s body was taken to Cedar- vale, and Chadburn was placed in the hospital, where it is said he cannot live. Madigan and Chadburn were each’ under 2 years of age. Chadburn had served time in the Kansas penitentiary for rob- bery. Nothing is known of Madigan. Calhoun was 40 years of age. —_————————— Tdentifies Murdered Man. SALINA, Kan.,, July 12—C. J. Halde, president of the Iron Molders' Union of St. Joseph,; arrived here to-night and identified the body of the man murdered here Friday as that of N. Sexton of St. Joseph. It is thought by the officers here that Sexton was robbed and murdered by the same gang that held up six men at a Winfleld hotel, two members of which fought the officers at Cedarvale this morning. —_———— Help to Boycott American Goods. HONOLULY, July 1i—Local Chinese are trying to raise a fund of $30,000 te assist in the boycott of American goods in China. It is réported they have already raised $30,000. el . e Dailsvet oo il colt family, has been killed on Trunk From papers on was Joseph Wettlack. A letter from a broth- er, sent from Ba not him to return home and claim an inheritance left by a sister. | fornia Theater on | will be one of the most artistic and | the players and throughout the | tions. | Farrington, | rection of Charles Miltner. | shot down later by a posse of citizens | One | The other, Willlam Chad- | During the firing J. M. Pope, & | | i secured a rifle and a | revolver and started out of town on a| TREAT BY ACTOR + FOLK ASSURED Excellent Entertainment Ts Promised at the Benefit for Bosworth To-Morrow IS GRATIFYING SALE Funds for Stricken Player Also to Be Realized From the Souvenir Programme The programme for the Hobart Bos- worth benefit performance at the C: Friday afternoon beautiful souvenirs iat has ever been devised. It is Miss Roberts’ Iidea and will be a valuable memento of the oc- casfon. It will be printed om high grade paper with an attraetive cover and will contain full page portraits ol Lewis Morrison, Miss Roberts and Mr. Bosworth, with autographs attached. The cast of “The Merchant of Veaiee™ will contaln the signatures of all of pro- will be frequent apt. quota- The programmes will be sold by pretty women of the stage at a nominal figure and will doubtless add largely to the benefit fund. Among some of the beautiful actresses Wwho will assist in this sale will be the Misses Edythe Chapman, Ada Lewis, Edna Ellsmere, Oza Waldrop, Adels Laura Albertson, Grace Goodal, Lilllan Armsby, Anita Allen, Linda Arvidsen, Ruth Allen and gramme | Georgie Cooper. The order of the programme will be, first, an overture from Tannhauser by the augmented orchestra, under the di- Then th, delightful comed: with Miss Roberts in the title role: Paul Gerson as King Charles, Mr. Henderson as Jack Churchill, Louise Royce as Mistress Stockfish and others. The overture from William Tell follows and is suc- ceeded by the second act of 'aust” with Lewis Morrison as Mephistophe- les, Mr. Henderson as Faust, Miss Rob- erts as Marguerite, Miss Woodthorpe as Martha and others. Then comes the beautiful music poem, “The Ballad of Déspair,” sung by Mrs. Lilllan Bir- mingham and acted by Miss Roberts, with accompaniment oh the piano by Mr. Maurer, on the cello by Mr. Weis and on the violin by Wenzel Kopta. After this. will be a violin solo by Wenzel Kopta and for coneclusion the “Trial Scene” from “The Merchant of Venice” with Lewis Morrison as Shy- lock, Mr. Mayall as Bassanio, Mr. Hendersan as Gratiano, Mr. Yerance as Antonio, Paul Gerson as the Duke of Venice, Miss Roberts as Portia, Miss Farrington as Nerissa and other mem- bers of ghe Roberts company. The 'ance sale has been large and promises a brilliant and fashionable audience. first act of the “Nell Gwynne,” Leper Hospital in Buzzards Bay. BOSTON, July 12.—The State Board of Charity has purchased the island of Penikese in Buzzards Bay and a leper hospital will be constructed there. It is said the building wilk ge-ready for oceupancy in the autumn. NON-CURLING i FR EE DEVELOPED If Yov Buy Them of Mec I do a Kodak Developing ana Printing business that extends all over the Coast, and those who patronize me once continue with me, because I give them the best work at the lowest prices. Here are a few prices of Ims: Tyl 18ey U3 20e; 23x4l, 25e; 3%x3%4, .ei t&xd" 3Je; 4x5, 5x 34 x5%, 45e. I DO KODAK PRINTING at the lowest prices on this Coast. They range from 4de up. Speecial| reductions on large orders. Send 15e for sample dozen o CYKO Developing Paper. Sent| prepaid. Mail orders promptly filled. THAT MAN PITTS F. W. PITTS, The Stationer, 1008 MARKET ST., Opp. Fifth, DISEASES OF MEN