The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 20, 1906, Page 5

BICELOW CASE » MAY BE DRCPPED Senators Averse to Making of the Writer Who Scored Canal Board o a EVIDENCE UNIMPORTANT | g Testimony Not f Sufficient the Considered Value to Proceedings Warrant iolate it would of the country ing a “ma s withdrew h chases to of» ship- t could be he Papema Rall- rate paid was the r twenty yed at an average of f $5000 a year. agent recelves general purchas- nis pay &s nted out that it was nore than six d be carried. He if he knew that lumber on hand two years, which i. The witness ATEHOOD BILL DISCUSSED. v Committee. J 19,—The state- consideration ee on Territories s read at length anges agreed ments was | prohibition a In ritory simi- use provi and it prob- ncorporated in the bill n of joint statehood for New Mexico was not | e is no intention of ntil after the House he bill claim that ell of the committee member, Clark of will favor the reporting of ure substantizlly as it was in- speech Eugene t the committee was and prosecuting g the joint state- \aracterized it as a the hearing was con- ratic members - of the -ed with O'Nell and en- continuing a speech he committee in an up- nians who spoke were R. 8. Goodric Phoenix; E. 8. George- Frer Nogales, and E. 8. Campbell, GTON, Jan. 19.—As a result ference in the Speaker's room e Hou to-day, it was de- the statehood bill Wednesday of next e ————— TYPE OF SIEGE GUN TO BE TRIED BY ARMY NEW Weapon to Be Tested at Sandy Hook Throws a Sixty-Pow Projectile. WASHINGTON Jan. 19.—A new type of s gun has been completed by the department of the Rock Islanc enal and has been shipped grounds a e Sandy Hook proving v York for a test. The weapon has a caliber of 4.7 and throws a sixty-pound projectile. This 'is five pounds heavier than the projectile now thrown from the five-inch siege guns, be replaced with the new new gun to be tested at sandy Hook proves satisfactory in ev- ery way I'ne chief characteristic of the new gun is its long recoil. —_———— Dr. McKanna's water wagon Is always wait- sng @t 14 Geary for those who wish to escape . the ilquor habit ———— Favors as Alaskan Delegate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The Senate ' mmittee on Territories to-day or- dcred @ favorable report on Senator Neison's bill providing for a Delegate in Congress from Aldska. ——— Try the United States Laundry. 008 Market street. Telephone South 420.° asure Comes Up Before the Semate | by | . THE SAN 7~ FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY JAN’[\IARY 20, 1906. PACKERS CLAIM GARFIELD kN[ ~ GRANTED IMMUNITY. Commissioner of Corporations Will Go On Siand in Case Against Beef Men. THES F. | cArFIELDY — | | | | | | NER OF CORPORATION M, WILL PROVE THAT U WHOSE JER THE LAW THEY ARE IMMUNE FROM CUTION AS A RESULT OF THE INQUIRY BY THE Go\'ER.\'MgNT. ADMISSIONS, THE PACKERS CHICAGO, Jen. 13.—Attorney John S. Miller, spesking for the packers, continued his preliminary statement in the United States court this morning. | He created something of a sensation | &t the beginning of his remarks by stating that he would prove by the | admission of Corporation Commissioner | Garfielé, while on the stand, that the | packers in this case are entitled to immunity from prosecution. He de- clared further that last March Com- | missioner Garfield declared that he | would consider the seeking of facts by his agents in the offices of the pack- ers as if they had been developed be- fore him personally and had been pre- sented In his presence at a formal | hearing. | Commissioner Garfield, who was in the courtroom when the statements were made by the attorney, began writing rapidly on a pad of paper, tak- ing notes of the statements made by Miller. Miller contended that under the law, | aithough the packers were not sworn and it was the order of Commissioner Garfield that they should not be, the evidence of the men was no less evi- dence and within the immunity law. Attorney Miller concluded -his ad- dress at noon. At the noon recess of the court Com- missioner Garfield was asked If he would make a statement concerning the remarks of Attorney Miller, and | replied: | “I would not talk of the matter. I am a witness in this case and do not care to discuss it before I am called. I do not care to say whether I can ex- plain this matter or not.” Attorney Brown also spoke for the packers. He referred to the magni- tude of the business done by the pack- | ers and entered upon a description of | the business of the packers and of the stockyards. He went at great length into the details of the investigation conducted by Commissioner Garfield. Adjournment was taken until Monday. —_———————————— CONGRESSMAN THE VICTIM OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE | Representati Heflin, Who Scored | Booker T. Washington, Has Sleeping i Berth Taken by Educator. | WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Representa- | tive James Heflin of Alabama, who in | a campaign speech two years ago said | that if an anarchist had thrown a bomb | under the table at which President Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington dined “no harm would have been done,” is the victim of retributive justice, as | well as the chaffings of his colleagues. When returning to Washington from Alabama this week Heflin engaged a sleeping-car berth which, upon enter- | ing the train, he found occupled by Mr. | Washington. The negro educator is sald to have slept peacefully through- | out the night, while Heflin sat up until | his wrath cooled sufficiently for him | to climb to the upfler berth. YALE STUDENT IN COURT FOR BREAKING MAN'S LEG Opposes a Cash Fine and Says Neo Favor Will Be Shown Accused. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 19.—John | B. Shirk of Tipton, Ind, a Yale junior, was bound over to the Superior Court yesterday, charged with assaulting Hugh J. Connelly, a bartender, a | breaking his leg. Connelly was sent { to a hospital. Judge Tiner, commenting on the sug- gestion that a cash penalty be .im- posed, said he had no sympathy with the position taken by Shirk, and | added: “Because a man is a student is no reason why he should not be punished like any one else. He comes into this court on the same footing with a coalheayer and will be treated with the same consideration.” ———————————— | Judge You will have to look long and far te find a totally unint advertise- ax2,5 ealy peiebaiiny i manner, repay, the read: | | § b3 WY NOT HOLD CHIL OFFIE Employes in Navy Yards Are Ordered te Keep Out of All Municipal Elections Special Dispatch to The Call, CALL BURBEAU, POST BUILDING, WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The Navy De- partment will issue to-morrow a general order prohibiting all navy yard employes from -holding civil office. This order is the direct result of the ad- verse comments made to the department on the election of navy yard employes to municipal offices in certain parts of the country, the complaints having come from Mare Island and Vallejo chiefly. Secretary Bonaparte sent an order to- day by telegraph to Admiral McCalla, commandant at Mare Island, who had been informed that certain navy yard em- ploves had taken part in municipal af- fairs at Vallejo, and who notified the Navy Department to that effect. On re- ceipt of the order it is expected Admiral McCalla will bring it to the attention of those whom it concerns at Vallejo, so that if necessary new nominations for the mu- nicipal election there may be made. Admiral McCalla suggested to the Navy Department that on account of the pecu- liar condltions existing at Vallejo, where pavy yard employes are numerous, these men be permitted to hold local office when the duties would not interfere with their Government work. The admiral's sug- gestions were referred to the judge advo- cate general of the navy, who decided that under the President’s general order prohibiting civil office-holding by persons in the military and naval service all navy yard employes were precluded from be- coming candidates while in the employ of the Government. This opinion was con- curred in by First Aseistant Secretary Newbes and Secretary Bonaparte, and .the order followed to-day. ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Army or- derg: Captain Charles A. Bennett, ar- tilléry corps, will report on January 22 to Lieutenant Colonel Sedgewick Pratt, inspector general, at the Pre- sidio of San Francisco for examination to determine his fitness for promotion. Contract Surgeon Henry M. Hall will pfoceed jto Fort McDowell, Cal, and réport to the commanding officer for temporary . duty. The leave of absence granted First Lieutenant Richard M. Thomas, Four- teenth Cavalry, Department of Califor- nia, on January 3, is extended one month. First Lieutenant Willlam H. Mon- crief, assistant ‘surgeon, having report- ed his arrival at San Francisco, will sr«:ceod to Fort McPherson, Ga.,, for uty. Navy orders: The following cal was recelved to-day from Re:r Ab;’ miral Train, Asiatic fieet, Manila: Medical Inspect6r H. G. Beyer is de. tached from the Wisconsin and goes to the Ohio; Surgeon G. H. Barber is detaghed from the Ohio and gees to the Wisconsin; Surgeon J. C, Thomp- son is detached fror the Lawton to go to the Cincinnati; Surgeon -W. H. Bucher is detached from the Cinein- natl to go to the Lawton; Lieutenant J. C. Church is detached from the Mindoro to g0 o the Oregon; Ensigns C. W. Early and J. P, Lannon are de- tached from the Raleigh to go to the Oregon; Midshipman J. W. Hayward is detached from the Mindoro to go to the Pampanga; Midshipmen R. B. Cof- Oberlin are detached fey and %'G. from the Oregon to go to the Rale ‘son will take i XS PICTURE SIS HOLSE Deficiency Appr(;priation Asked for the Portrait ~ Made Subject of Debate CENSURE DEPARTMENTS Executive Bureaus Accused of Foreing Congress to Yote Them Money Desired — —» WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Reform in the matter of making deficlency appropria- | ttons was urged in the House to-day, and the entire time of the five and a quarter hours’ session was devoted to its discus- sion, with the exception of a short speech for free hides by Perkins of New York. The urgent deficlency bill was being considered under the general debaté or- der, and Littauer of New York, in charge of the bill, set the pace by painting out the failure of the legislation of last year to curh heads of departments in their de- mands for deficlency supplies. “Ceercive appropriations” by the exec- utive departments of the Government was madc *he subject of criticism by Littauer. He said the practice had become well es- tablished by long usage whereby the head of a department arbitrarily forced Con- gress to meet his demands for money. The most common method of accomplish- ing this was to use up any particular ap- proprietion in less than the. year for which it was irtended to cover, and then demand of Congress a deflciency appro- priation. + Littauer cited this provision in the pend- ing bill: ‘To reimburse the appropria- tion for ‘miscellancous expenditures’ of the Department of Justice for the fiscal year 1906, the amcunt expended for a por- trait of former Attorney General P. C. Knox, $2615. “Who or Gdines of Tenne . Littaur remar! that he understood William H. Mocdy, the present Attorney General, ordered it. Adams asked if it had not been the custom for the portraits of retiring Cab- inet officers to be painted at Government expense and hung in the offices of the department. The reply was that this had been the custom, but if a certain pro- vision in the pending bill were adopted it would not hereaffer be the custom. This provision makes it unlawful for a department head to ask an emergency appropriation unless he can show that something unusual has occurred since the apportionment of the appropriation to make the emergency absolutely neces- sary. & Brundigee of Arkansas favored the pro- vision, and favored reducing the expenses of collecting the revenues of the Govern- ment. He stirred up considerable con- tention on the Democratic side by citing geveral ports of entry where no coliec- tions were made from one year's end to another. Brundigee also criticised the slowness of the Panama canal consvxc- tion. Livingston of Grorgia said the depart- ments were not alone to blame for send- ing in deficiencies. The short session of Congress every other year, he sald, was a cause of hurry on the part of the com- mittees of Congress and in both Houses resulted in much unsatisfactory work. PORTO HCANS HAVE CRIEWNCE Complain. That Natives on the Executive Council Are Completely Ignored ed that picture?” demanded 7 . WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Broad charges as to the indifference of American offi- cialg in Porto Rico to the wishes of Porto Ricans were made by Mayor Roberto Todd of San Juan in a hearing to-day be- fore the House Committee on Insular Af- fairs on the proposed bill to reorganize the Insular Government. Mayor Todd charged that the six American members of the executive council, who are also the heads of the departments of the In- sular Government, do not consult the five native members of the body and do not even Invite them to meetings of ‘the council. % i This body is both executive and legisla~ tive in its functions, and stands in the re- lation of a Senate to the House of Dele- gates of Porto Rico. Under the present government organization the eleven members of this body are appointed by the President of the United States and it is reauired that only flve of them shall be Porto Ricans. Consequently, the na- tives insist that their representation is wholly inadequate and they desire that they be granted a Senate to be elected by the people instead of the council. In support of his charge that .the na- tives in the council are ignored, Mayor Todd presented letters from Rosendo Matinenzo Cintron, the present Speaker of the House of Delagates and former member of the councll; J. Gomez Briozo and other former members of the' coun- cil. Cintron, who was a member of the council from 1900 to 1904, wrote as follows to Mayor Todd: “I never attepded the meetings of the so-called Cabinet because I was never invited to attend the same, and during the four years of my incumbency as member of the ‘council I never heard that my colleagues, the native members of the council, wers ever invited to attend. “] was never invited and therefore never attended any meeting of the execu- tive council in the presence of the Gov- ernor, and only once did I attend the meeting of the executive council outside the regular ones, but not in the presence of the Governor. P “I only have to add that a meeting of the executive council which T attended as 2 member of such body was when I asked what was the status of the native mem- bers of the council and I was assured by Mr. Hollander that they were mere fig- ureheads.” i —_———— ‘Hepburn Rate Bill Is Discussed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The Repub- lican members of thé House Committee on Interstate and Forelgn Commerce held a conference at the Caplitol to- night, at which the Hepburn rate bill was discussed gt considerable length. The bill, it is beflov.fl. will be reported to the House next week In slightly modified form. WILL COMPEL MRS, TAGGART TO RETURN WITH HER SONS Judge En Intends to Take Imme- dinte A.&n to Discover Where- abouts of Missing Woman. ‘WOOSTER, o0, Jan. 19.—Judge o ediate action to dis- er the :herubouh of Mrs. Grace NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW-YORK LIFE INSURANCE (O. ALEXANDER E. ORR, President. 'BALANCE . SHEET, JANUARY 1, 1906. ASSETS. Government, State, City, County and other Bonds (market value, $323,445,- 367), cost value, Dec. 31, 1905. .. $317,996,805 (Compary does not include m Assets the 448, d' o e m v::u—”)flflz LIABILITIES. Policy Reserve (per certificate of New York Insurance Dept.) .. nuities, Endowments, etc., awaiting Bonds and Mortgages (370 first liens).. 25,586,644 presentation for payment .... 7.902,343 Deposits in 475 Banks g{n-oughout the Reserve om Policies which fhe Company world ... SRR A R SRR ) T voluntarily sets aside in exsess of Loans to l(’ol icy-holders on Pclicie:6 as the Stats’s requirements. . . . $7,208.412 security (reserve value thereof, $6s,- Reserce to provids Dividends payable 900,000) -~ - 45,406,669 "o Policy holders during 1908 s R“glfic&fl;& ldx' pi e:lu . us g eleven thereafter, as the periods mature: office gs, V. t $10,1 3 A Quarterly ‘lil'ld Semi-Annfi 'fim. et e Te Imld:u.."l of 20-Year Period Policies £ St not yet due, reserve charged in Lia- SRR N R S bilities ......... R T i b e STy To holders of 15-Year Period Policies 5,134,418 Premium Notes on Policies in force oy ;’ bu"’l ) :“ “;z" Period Policis 321,016 (Le)xll Reserve to secure same $6,000,- T: 5 J.Y: gfi 'P,"i‘- . zfig Draith i il Taeve. e 3,083,354 To holders of Annual Dividend Policies 896,497 in Liabilities ............ 4,107,578 Reserve 1o provide for ail other com- }_nterm mq" R;nu( lccrkued o 34, 2,864,266 Nagmeis ; - < (v e s « v < NIBAN Oans on nds (market value 242,~ A i TR, 42 3,350,000 Total (not including ts.m- excess " Due Company on account of re-insur- of market value of owned ance .. o2 56,000 OVEr COBL)........ «eevecevneesenean 58,838,628 Total Assets . . $435,820,359 Total Liabilitles . $435,820,359 Income of 1905. Loaned Policy-holders Paid Policy-holders during 1g9os. Increase in Assets during 1905.. value. o $4,242,900.00; and the remainder of the assets. New York, Jan. 6, 1906. uring 1905 . Number of Policies paid for dnfing'xgo.é, Outstanding Insurance at end of 1905 Increase in Insurance in Force d Decrease in expenses of 1905 over the preceding 2 Messrs. Price, Waterhouse & Company, Chartered Accountants, of London, and Messrs. Has- kins & Sells, Certified Public Accountants, of New York, who are making an audit of the Company’s accounts for 1905, have signed the following certificate: 70 THE NEW-YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, New York: Under instructions received from the Commitise appointed by ihe Trustees to Investigate the affairs of this Com- pany, we gre conducting an examination and audit of its accounts for the last calendar year, and are preparing a stats- ment of ils financial condition as of December 31, 1905. 4 PRICE, WATERHOUSE & CO., Chartered Accountants, By A. Lowes Dickinson, F.C.A4., F.1LA., C.P.A. (lil.) ng 1905 . : - year, more than. We have at this date verified the following assets: . INVESTMENTS IN BONDS.—We have examined and counted $272,465, by the Company deposited in the vaulls at the Home Office, and hqve inspected pany’s possession of additional Bonds deposited with State and foreign governments amountin, These will in due course be verified by certificates which the custodians have been yequested to jfurnish. The total par value of these Bonds is $319,051,068.18; the dook value is $317,996,895. d 1 wihich we have oioigted 55 $33.445,367.62. IHIDNED A s (e st sl MORTGAGE LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.—We have compared the Real Estate L Morty i the documents on file, consisting of the Bond and Morigage given by the morigagor. These loans :::;::D:t' to :Z"i ~ iy LOANS ON COLLATERAL.—We have examined the collateral or Certificates o the Company to secure these loans, whick amount to $3,250,000.00. 7he market value of ¢ .19 par value of the Bonds owned documentary evidence in the Com- 0 $46,585,842.99 par ,644.21. Depositories therefor held by securitses deposited amounis We Hereby Certify that these Assets agree with the books of the Company and are corvect; we are now verifying HASKINS & SELLS, Certified Public Accountants, By Elijah W. Sells, C.P.A. The Company publishes for the information of its policy-holders a detailed description of its Assets in pamphlet form, which will be mailed to any address upon request. ROOT FAVORS CHANGE IN EXCLUSION ACT'| Would Provide for Better Treatment for Exempt Classes. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. — Secretary Root, while appearing before the House Appropriations Committee In relation to the expenses of the State Department, spoke frankly concerning the shortcom- ings of the American consular service. In response to questions by Representa- tive Livingston the Secretary said: There are a great many consulates that have been in bad condition and there are some that are still in that condition, and the fact arises from several causes. One cause is that con- sulates are used and regarded here not as places In which active and efficlent work is to be done, but are used as places in which to shelve estimable and eclderly gentlemen whose frignds find it necessary to take care of them (Laughter.) Now, I have got 0id emough to be able to say that sort of thing without anybody being in some way. offended. I do not think that when a man has lived cut the activity of his life and passed beyond his ambition and his energy, or his desire to make a career for himself—I do rot think then is the time to start him out in a new place where he has got to learn a new business and push the commerce of the country. In discussing the trade conditions In China and the necessity for gathering in- formation concerning troubles there, Root said: There is, no occasion for sending & commis- sion to China. Our Ministers and Consuls at the treaty ports of China are commiy now. 1If these gentlemen will come up here I will bury them in papers so they cannot dig out for & week. We have bushels and bushels of reports from perfectly trustworthy American witnesses as to what has been ing _in China and as to the cause thereof. The troubls now {s not ignorance as to what the conditions are; it is in applying the quite plain and sim- Dle remedy. " s by Thers have been twd troubles: one arfst from the fact that the law, the Chinese cxclu: sion act, contains some provisions which ex- perience has shown to be ll-advised, and the other !s that the law has been administered in a harsh and inconsiderate way. The President has remedied the administra- tion, I think, just as far as the law permits him to do, and the thing to be dode now is for you to change the law in some respects; not 20 as to it the Chinese laborers to come in, but 5o that the Chinese laborer can be kept out without insult and indignity and hardship to the merchants and scholars and the men who occupy the same position in the Chi- nese community as the people In this room accupy in ours. They have been subjectsd to gross Indignity and bardships in many cases and I do npt wonder that they ars indignant. —_——————— LONDON, Jaa. 19.—The War Department has decided to rearm all the coast defense forts from the Thames to Plymouth with six and nine inch guns, the present armament, 4.7 inch guns, being considered inadequate. The shop Corner Post and Stockton Firstfloor-second floor and base- ment Post Street en- ' trance Eighty-four feet ‘of plate glass windows on the street floor Natural light from northand west. abund- ance of it '] Here you see carpets and draperies as they will look at home e Come to-day or to-night to see this carpet. and drapery- parlor — walk through—look—examine . -Bring your friends— we'll try to make you feel at home. ‘ LavéhSonsShiely The Drapers The men M S Lavenson of Locke & Lavenson Sac- ramento—for 52 years the foremost carpet and drapery house of the capital M | Shiely for five years in charge of the ¢ carpet depart- " ment of Messrs M Friedman&k Co " In their years of expe- rience they have learned the goods, the art of drap- _ing fabrics and color ects They have learned the value of infinite patience and will instill into their staff the same knowledge San Francisco Co. The stock Carpets Rugs Linoleums Draperies Lace curtains All new bright and attractive