The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1906, Page 3

AME Proposed New Law Defeated by Vote of 48 to 16 in the Assembly. Country Solons Take a Lively Interest in Battle Waged at the Capitol. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. ACRAMENTO distrustfully and that to him the bill appeared right and necessary. McGowan of San Francisco then cloged with an appeal for the passage of the bill He said that it was sel- dom that San Francisco had in the June S$.—A vote of the Assembly late this af ded the knell of the pro- stional amendment isco and ers duri without the necessity of past asked anything of the Legislature amendments ratified by the! under the guise of supplication. He Despite the urgency of | was interrupted by Goodrich, who of the representatives from | asked whether the amendments madé o, alded by those of sev- men from other parts of by the people of San Francisco during the next two vears would stand in the here were enough votes to|charter of the next fifty years. On be- e under the requir-|ing assured that such might be the thirds vote. Assembly-| case, both Goodrich and Busick cast of San Francisco an- | their votes against the measure appar- ntention fo move for a| ently oblivious to the fact that the on of the vote tomorrow people of San Francisco would always withirr their power to repeal a r amendment obnoxious to them. MeGowan closed by threatening the legislat who opposed the granting of this legislation with the displeasure of the people of San Francisco and San Jose when those cities are rehabilitat- ed and when they shall come to them Assemblyman Anthony o the on He spoke of the need of Sa o in the m legislation the particular ne was first to asking legislative aid, SEVERAL ABSENTEES. The vote was then taken. The fol- lowing Assemblymen opposed the Amerige of Fullerton; Burge Merced: Busick of Sacramento: andler of Fowler; Cleveland of Wat- sonville; Cromwe!l of Petaluma; Dev- Vallejo; Goodrich of Pasadena; ; Houser of Los This brought Beardslee his feet i He vy of Los Angeles - Mitchelltree of Palo Alto; Moore of Un- et dine msted of San ael; Perkins of v o - Hueneme; Thomps of Alhambra; T LI N ang of Colusa. With the excep- AMENDMENT IS LOST. of Houser and McCartney, the Los a of Angeles delegation voted for the meas- ure. Gates of Oroville changed his vote to ¥ while Creighton of edding and Hartman of San Francisco nged their votes to no for the pur- of moving reconsideration of the vote There were several absentees when the first roll call took place. A call of the House was ordered a the ser- ag§ arms was sent to round ant members. Bates, Burke, Espey, King, Manwell and McNamara did not vote. EASURE, REPEALING MORTGAGE TAX LAW IS APPR[]VEI] BY THE SENATE Bill Proposed by Ralston Is Passed by from R Bat the 1 amendmen caused John to protest a ND Members of the Upper House. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SACRAMENTO, June 8.—Debate in ‘ centered on onstitutional - the existing tax law enabling the be paid by the mortgagor. some opposed the measure it sed and is now ready.for final ac- t by the Assembly nford proposed an s measure 5o 3 ¥ uspension of the existing con- stitu provisions for a period of e years. R questioned ser this could be done under the 1 of the Governor, even if the Sen- Belshaw should be t He did not ing and said the that was well un- d be intelligently Ralston’s measure ate agreed to the amendmnt. questior the of repeal it shodid pass with- Hahn both pointed out t e existing law was aimed to throw the burden of the tax on capita it hed just ti t properties value and would have to bear the tax capitalists charged greater gmutes of interest and then frequently evaded the payment of the mortgage tax. Hahn pointed out in Los Angeles less than 2 per the mortgages are taxed, but fact has not as yet pre- vented vitalists and bankers charg- ing greater rates of interest than they otherwise would in anticipation of an assessment against their securities. When 1 was getting ready to come Sacramento,” said Senator Short- ridge, “Califor most profound and brilliant lawyer, D. M. Delmas, asked me to vote to repeal the existing law. - He said icious and unjust while this pro- 5 cinch the rich man it has had the opposite effect and has cinched the poor. Therefore am in favor of its repeal.” Curtin pointed out that is the only State in the Union having such & provision and he spoke in favor of its repeal. The vote was then called for and Ralston’s measure was adopted withgut amendment The Senate also passed this morning the bill providing for the reissuance of stocks. and other securities by cor- porations upon proof of the destruc- tion of the originals, the bill extend- ing the time for filing with the In- surance Comi loner statements of insurance business transacted during the year ending December 31. 1905, and to remit penalties for failing to file the same within the time w Choose D-Graves’ Tooth Powder Dentists say—' It is the best denti- frice and antiseptic in the world for the teeth and gums—leaves the| enamel white and gleaming; also| 3 » dolicibins afeathie.® In handy metal cans o Be-Graves’ T Ce. California | , ~fled as William Campbell prescribed; restoration Board of the act providing for of the records of Medical Examiners, the Board of Dental Examiners and the Board of Pharmacy: the act appro- priating $2000 for eontingent expenses the the for the Attorney General and $5000 for | the restoration of the library of that | office, and the bill to restore articles of ingorporation lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity. The Senate then adjourned until 3:30 p. m. SCHOOL LAND MONEY. Cost of State Buliding to Be Borrowed From This Fund. SACRAMENTO, June 8.—Coincident with the resolution appropriating $500,- 000 for the erecfion of a State building in San Francisco in which to house the officers, boards, commissions and de- partments of the State of California the ways and means committee today submitted an act providing for the withdrawal of the necessary amount from the school land fund and the plac- ing of the money in the general fund for the expense of buyinik a site and erecting a suitable building. In ad- dition the act provides that $20,000 be appropriated with which to pay 4 per cent interest on the loan of $500,000 which the Controller will be author- ized to transfer. The title of the act reads: An act to facilitate the erection of a building or buildings and obtaining a site or sites therefor at San Francisco for the use of the officers, commissions, boards and departments of the State government, maintain headquarters in San Francisco by providing against the deficit in the general fund caused by the appropriation’ made for said pur- pose and to provide for the transfer of money from the general fund from the State school lands fund to be held in trust as an investment for the support of the common schools of the State of California and to provide for the pay- ment of interest on such investment. RPN FEARS FOR THE SAFETY OF MESSENGER OF BANK Nineteen-Year-Old Boy Disappears, and Father Thinks He Has Met With Aceident. NEW YORK, June 8.—Fears for the safety of Wheelock Harvey, a 19-year- old messenger for the First National Bank, resulted last night in a general alarm being sent out by the police in an effort to locate him. His father, Louis W, Harvey, teller of the Chase National Bank, thinks the young man may have met with an accident. while there is a possibility that he was way- laid, assaulted and robbed. Harvey has not been seen by his friends since Wednesday morning, when he was about his work as usual. collecting checks and drafts for the Yank. If he was robbed the robbers were probably disappointed as the bank officials said last night that they thought the messenger carried only a small amount of cash or ‘Wednesday and that the paper in his possession ‘was mostly non-negotiable. Harvey's home is with his parents at 465 Thir- teenth street. Brooklyn. —— g oS Publisher Ends His Life. 3 TACOMA, June 8.—A well dressed man who committed suicide at the Ta- coma Hotel yesterday has been iden- ley, _ublisher of the Commonwealth ga- | zine of . | his services in Congress should be pro-| | | | GILLETTS HENCHMEN Enliven Le—gislature by Doing Politics for Congressman. Short Is (—)Tl-t of Figh; for Gubernatorial Nomination. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SACRAMENTO, June 8.—The extra session of the Legislature was slightly enlivened today by the presence of Thomas B. Dozier, District Attorney of Shasta County, and George A. Knight, California’s representative on the Re- publican national committee. It is com- mon talk that the latter is in Sacra- mento to freshen Congressman Gillett's | boom for the gubernatorial nomina- | tion. Since the opening of the session | Assemblyman Rolley of Humboidt has been pouring water on Gillett's wheel. The coming of Knight suggests the need of more force. " Dozier of Redding is a close and stanch supporter of Senator Clifford Coggins, who is emerging in pretty fair shape from a losing contest for the office of United States Marshal Politicians now figure that C. T. Elli- ott of Modesto will be John H. Shine's successor as Marshal for the northern district of California and that Leo Youngworth of Los Angeles will suc- ceed H. Z. Osborn for United States Marshal in the southern district. In- siders insist that Senators Perkins and Flint have really agreed on this award | of Federal patronage. | It now transpires that George Hatton | received a copy of Senator Perkins' | letter to the President recommending | Coggins’ appointment to succeed Shine before Coggins himself received a copy. The letter to the State Senator went to his home station up north and did not come back to Sacramento until Hatton had about resolved to ask Senator Per- kins to recall the indorsement on the ground that Coggins was not speaking of our senior member of the national Senate in parliamentary tepms. Wal- ter Parker advised against such ex- treme measures on the part of Hatton, and the incident was closed. TO CALL CONVENTION. At the Union League Club, corner of Sagramento and Franklin streets, San Francisco, next Tuesday at 1 p. m. the executive committee of the Republican State committee will meet to frame up the call for a State nominating conven- tion of the party. Later on this month | the full committee will meet, probably at Masonic Hall, Fillmore street, to fix the appertionment of delegates and name the place for the delegates to as- semble. The fight between Sacramento and Santa Cruz for the convention | honors will then be settled. Already some of the counties have elected dele- gates in advance of direct knowledge of apportionment. It is quite obvious to all the onlook- | ers here that the political campaign will open up in vigorous fashion as | soon_as the concurrent resolution to adjourn the Legislature sine die is adopted in both houses. Word comes from Fresno that Frank H. Short is wholly out of the race for Governor and will accept, with Dr. Rowell’s full knowledge and cordial conseat, the Republican nomination to represent | Fresno County in the State Senate. Of Congressman Gillett's proposed | candidacy for the Republican nomina- | tion for Governor it is said here that| longed. He i$ a worthy representative | of an important district. It is said by many of his personal friends that his post of duty is in Congress. EARLY ADJOURNMENT. SACRAMENTO. June 8-—An early adjournment of the Legislature is ex- pected. The Senate has practically dis- posed of the business on file and awaits the action of the Assembly on the motion to get away tomorrow night. The condition of the Assembly file is such that a proposition to pro- long the session until Monday or Tuesday night must be suggested. Governor Pardee will not send to the Senate the ad-interim appointments until some agreement is reached on the concurrent resolution to adjourn. Senators who are supposed to be close to the Chief Executive fancy that John D. Mackenzie's successor as State Harbor CUommissioner, will not be named at this time. Gossip goes that John D. Daly and H. H. Lynch expect recognition. There would be no surprise if a Bank Commissioner is appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Zoeth §S. EI- dredge. A few months before the fire Eldredge resigned to accept the presi- dency of the National Bank of the Pa- cific. in the Claus Spreckels building; San Francisco. The name of Colonel John C. Currier of San Francisco is mentioned as one of the men the Gov- ernor has in mind for the place. Other names are also on the list. The fate of the street widening amendment may be settled in the A sembly tomorrow afternoon without a stubborn struggle. Important con- cessions have been made to pacify the element of citizenship that favors im- mediate rebuilding of Montgomery, Geary and other business streets on the lines that existed before the fire. It seems the committee of forty and the Downtown Property Owners' As- sociation have resolved to permit the Senators and Assemblymen. to settle the points in controversy without fur- ther outside agitation. —_——— Trouble Over Cannery Stoek. CHICAGO, June 8.—John F. Harris of the firm of John F. Harris & Co. of the Board of Trade has been made defendant in a suit in the Federal Court for the recovery of $30,000. Wil- liam J. Hotchkiss, president of the Central Canning Company of San Francisco, is the plaintiff. Harris said that some time ago, while in. San Francisco, he agreed to buy $25,000 of stock in the Cauning Company, which has a plant just out- side of the city. When Hotchkiss de- livered the shares to him he said it was not what he agreed to buy and he refused to accept it. SUES ON NOTE.—Kate Patterson filed a suit against Mrs. M. F. Lawton énd the P:ntneudl:m g}re Insun::ce ‘ompany yester T the ent of a promissory note of $400 al Zed due by Mrs. Lawton, who was i in the Pennsylvania. . insured _THE SAN FRANCISCO. CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1 CHARTER DE GARDEN CITY AND SAN FRANCISCO AT CAPITOL. T U0, NIED STREET-WIDENING BILL CHANGED IN ASSEMBLY Alleged Dangerous Feature Is Eliminated After Many Hours of Discussion. Objectionists Win Their Baftle Against ‘the Constitutional Amendment. SPHIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SACRAMENTO, June 8.—In order to |Board of Supervisors in the matter of allay the suspicions and forebodings of |eXtending ‘the lines, routes, terms or varfous members of the Assembly, the |®BY. privileges or franchises for pipes, pipe linés, conduits or wires of rail- committee on constitutional amend- | ways. Under these terms the board was ments today submitted to the lower given the power to make the proposed body of the Legislature twelve amend- | Changes on streets other than those af- ments to the proposed constitutional | fected by widening or extension. This dangerous clause in the minds of the anmendment; permitting San Francisco, | lawmakers was made safe by the inser- through its Board of Supervisers, te |tion of the following clause: “And where urchase, condemn or obtain land by |Made necessary by the changing, widen- Bonation” for the purpose of widening | I8 extension or closing in whole or and extending city Streets. The twelve in_part of any such streets the Board amendments were passed by the As- of Supervisors, by two-thirds vote, may sembly and the amended bill will come | Change the lines or routes of any pipe, for final action tomorrow afternoon. | PiP€ lines, conduits, wires or railways “pl?eox-r lnwo days the ¥ | heretofore constructed or laid under any constitutional | i t committee t | privilege or franchise now held or en- smgxdment oo pf the Assembly | {oved by any person, firm or corpora- has been hammering the measure into such shape as to insure the elimination | 0% In of upon any of its streets. and of features deemed objéctionable and}’“'{fy alter the terms of any privilege e e® During that time delega- | OF franchise now or heretofore held or tions from the city representing prop- |S7Joved by any person, firm or vor- erty owners, improvement clubs and |POration on any street so changed, mercantile houses appeared and pre- | Widened, extended or closed, only to the 4 |extent of changing the lines or routes sented objections against the delay in | X building that would be caused by widen- i"‘,f any such p!ge." pipe lines, conduits, ing streets in the downtown portions of | Wires or railways. { ™y S oo, Attorney Mait Sullivan Further amendment provided that ths ;?n;:rn;‘ram‘!sco Was successtul in |amendment does not prevent the ex- i change of such lands as may be ac- having several amendments ineorporat- ed in the measure that were strenuously |Quired by the city after the date of the o mased by A. Ruef, who appeared at |adoption by the Legislature of the res- the Capitol on behalf of the committee |Olution Rl Pos\he Soundment o of forty on the reconstruction of San the people. Francisco. The following and last sentence was Several minor and' technical changes dropped from "the amendment: ‘“The are made in the first part of the bill. powers hereby conferrsd shall, with re- In the body of the amendment 23 orig- Spect to the subject matters hereof, not inally proposed the committee deemed |be subject to the provisions of the city that too much power was accorded the |and-county of San Francisco.” PECULAR COLLSON BAITISH CHURCHMEN ENANGERS LNES | STRONGLY OPPOSED N SYOREY HARBOR. TO EDJGATIONAL BL Bié Hole IS Et—ocked in Side.‘Thousands o{ the Pmiestors of Steamship by Hold a Mass Meeting a Bark. at Albert Hall VICTORIA, B. €, June 8.—Mail ad- | LONDON, June 8.—Thirty-three spe- vices from Australia state that the bark |cial trains brought to London this Criftel, which took lumber to Sydney, imorning 12,000 Lancashire churchmen | Australia, from Chemainus, was seri- [to protest against the educational bill. | ously damaged as a result of a peculiar | The protestors arrived at various rail-| collision as she was leaving Sydney |road stations and proceeded to Regents | harbor, and that she was beached in a |Park, where they massed, and, accom- | | | | | i | i | | - PACKERS CLEAN HOUSE Establ ishments Placed In Sailitary Condition As Vigorously Urged by Report. PRESIDENT SENDS MESSAGE TO THE €OMMITTEE WASHINGTON, June 8.—In response a request from the House commit- on agriculture President Roose- velt today forwarded to Representa- tive Wadsworth, the chairman of that committee, the rcport made to him by a committee of the Department of Agriculture regarding conditions in the Chicago meat packing houses. Ac- companying the report was a letter to t from the President in which he points | out that there is no conflict in sub- stance between the Nelll-Reynolds re- port and that of the Agricultural De- partment experts. The President quotes a letter re- ceived from *“a most competent and trustworthy witness in Chicago™ to the effect that the packing-house: pro- prietors are manifesting almost “a hu- morous haste to clean up, repave and even to plan for future changes.” New rooms are being provided, with additional dressing rooms and clean towels. The report says that “the haste toward reform would have been amusing if it were not so nearly tragic.” The President says his investiga- tions have not been completed, but that “enough has been developed in my judgment to call for immediate, thor- ough-going and radical enlargement of the powers of the Government in in- specting all meats which enter into interstate commerce and foreign com- merce.” MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT. Following is the text of the letter of the President to Chairman Wads-| worth: THE WHITE HQUSE, WASHING- TON, D. C., June 8.—My Dear Mr. Wads- worth: In accordance with your re- quest I send you herewith the two re- ports of inspection by the committee appointed by the Department of Agri- culture on April 5 and 13. This com- mittee had already _been appointed when I notified the Secretary that I desired that such a commission should be appointed in order to make the in- vestigation. Subsequent complaints to me and the consideration of complaints already made showed that the charges were not only against the packing- houses. but alse to a certain extent reflected upon the action of the Gov-| ernment inspectors, and I came to the conclusion that it was best to have an investigation made by outside indi- viduals who could not be charged with being in any way interested in the mat- ter. Accordingly, before the completion of the investigation by the Department of Agriculture, I directed Mr. ill and Mr. Reynolds to make an investigation. the first report of gvhich has been laid before Congress. uch testimony has been offered to us which has not been considered in this report, for Mr. Neill and Mr. Reynolds in this report confine themselves to stating. in more or less summary way, the facts as to which they had been eyewitnesses, and what they have said cannot be successfully controverted. Some of the ground traversed by Messrs. Neill and Reynolds is not touched upon in the report of the com- mittee of the Agricultural Department. As to the ground covered in common by the reports of the two investigating committees, there is no conflict in sub- stance as to the important matters, al- though there is a marked differemce in emphasis, this being partially due to the greater length and detail of the report of the committee of the Depart- wment of Agriculture. In my judgment, the ‘emphasis of the report of Messrs. Neill and Reynolds is abundantly justi- fied by the -facts. MANY IMPROVEMENTS NOTED. To show the immediate and extraor- dinary change for the better which the mere fact of theif investigation is al- eged to be | Freat fire of sinking condition and her passengers ]panxed by bands of music and carrying and crew had a narrow escape from death. A steamship was entering the harbor, and the bark was in tow of the | tug Advance, which was far in front of her tow. The steamship’s master, un- aware that the vessel was in tow, ran his vessel between the tug and tow, col- | liding with the hawser with considera- | ble force, swinging his vessel around and bringing the bark forward at a great pace. The bark's bow pierced the steamship’s plates ana shook the latter vessel so that the passengers, who had gathered on deck with their baggage in readiness for landing, were thrown down and a panic ensued. Volumes of water poured into the steamship through an enormous gap in her side, and the engineering staff had a narrow escape. The tug took the steamship into shallow water, and meanwhile a flotilla of pinnaces from | H. M. S. Powerful and harbor boats res- cued her passengers. B RS INSURANCE RATES AD‘VANCE. New Schedule Is Seon to Go Into Effect at Omaha. : OMAHA, June 8.—A new schedule of insurance rates amounting to a flat advance of about 8 per cent on all busi- ness buildings and about 10 per cent on tocks of goods in Omaha is to go into frect shortly as a consequence, it is understood, of the heavy loss in San Francisco. ¥ An inspector of the Chicago insur- ance inspection bureau has been in Omaha looking over the situation and has returned to make his report. Lo- cal underwriters say Oamha has had a moderately low rate, having had credit for excellent fire protection. They ex- plained that the increase will be great: er on stocks than on buildings because under the present schedule the loss has always been greater on goods. example the fire at Hayden Bros.' de- partment store last Sunday is cited. The building was not damaged a parti- cle, and yet water ruined nearly half a million dollars’ worth of goods. WOLF IS INDORSED. Companies Branded by Califoraia Com- missioner to Fare 11l in Nevada. CARSON, June 8.—Insurance Commis- sioner Davis, in discussing the fight now going on in San Frarcisco between the insurance companies and the policy- holders, said to-day: 2 “If Commissioner Wolf finds in his re- port dishonesty among the insurance companies he should order them to dis- continue business in the State of Cali- fornia, and at once every State in the Union should issue a similar order through its Insurance Commissioner. Any company debarred from ifornia by Commissioner Wolf cannot ‘do busi- ness in Nevada if I can help it.” —————— FORMER GOVERNOR WHYTE APPOINTED TO THE SENATE| Chiet Executive of Marylamd Selects Him to Succeed the Late Ar- thur P. Gorman. % BALTIMORE, June 8.—Governor Ed- win Warfield has announced the ap- pointment by him of former Governor William Pinkney Whyte of this city to succeed the late United States Senator Arthur P. Gorman. ’ A opeaY eI 2 .dnulk- & Gon : ‘Formerl: 118 ter st. oo el lero > r stock of watches, diam As an | | banners, | marched through the principal thoroughfares to Albert Hall. The pro- ‘cesulun was headed by the bishops of |London and Manchester and included |many clergymen. There was an immlense gathering at Albert Hall and the streets in its vi- cinity were crowded.. The chief reso- |lution submitted to the meeting record- |ed in behalf of the Lancashire church- men an emphatic protest against the bill on the ground,that it is destructive iof all forms of religious instruction in the elementary schools and contained |the assertion that the only true safe- guard of religious education in the schools is a continuation of the denom- inational schools. Much enthusiasm was evinced. The bishops were the re- cipients of frequent demonstrations in the streets and hall. The visitors for the most part were factory employes, forming a typically Lancashire crowd but all classes were represented and they all came at their own expense. Consequently the pro- test was more significant than most of such demonstrations. STHIKERS SHOT BY GONSTABLES INDIANA, Pa, June 8.—The new min- |ing town of Ernest, on the Buffalo, | Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad, five miles from here, was the scene early today of a conflict between a detail of :|State constabulary and striking coal {miners in which eight strikers were |wounded, three of them fatally. | Shortly after daylight a body of |strikers headed by a brass band. |marched from the Anita mines ‘in Jef- |ferson County, to receive one of the mine officers expected from Punxa- tawny. On the way to the station the |members of the State constabulary. As | they passed a member of the band fired his revolver at the troops. No one was struck, but the constab- ulary immediately replied with a vol- ley from their carbines. . When the smoke cleared eight strik- ers were lying on the ground and the olfiers had fled precipitately down the hi: All is quiet now and no more trouble at this time is apprehended. The mines at Ernest are owned by the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg - Coal and Iron Company. On April 1 a strike was inaugurated and the men have heen out ever since. ‘Three weeks ago the plant was started non-union and a detail of the State constabulary h.u since been guarding the coal c‘mmjl property. ' Quiet Is Restored at the Mines. COLUMBUS, . Ohio. June 8.—The Eighth Ohio regiment has been re- lieved from further duty at the mines in Jefferson County, quiet having been restored. at Glen L. AR £ P Fannie Os I, of Boston e Bastern Women's Golf DD o Bere. Witk iy Ana a tothl ot 118 for it 2w, a total. - the ;gy; %olmkenhemnd Erl.l!. H. Barlow of Phila: ia. er score ! marchers encountered a detail of twelve | ready bringing about in the condition of the packing-houses in Chicago, is only necessary to instance the fol- lowing portions of a letter’received from a most competent and trustworthy witness in Chicago whose name 1 will give the committee if it so desires: “Chicago, Friday, June 1.—On Mon- day I began a tour of all the great packing-houses, going first to Libby's, then Swift's. “Tuesday, all the morning discussed changes that ought to be made and caught a glimpse of the awakening at Armour’'s. In the afternoon visited the | plant with the superintendent. | © “Wednesday I rested and contemplat- ed the awakening of packing town. It is miraculous. “Thursday - visited Nelson-Morris, with the superintendent. Nelson-Mor- ris has done much to make things bet- ter. By the time the next inspecting | rooms, etc. Cuspidors everywhere, and signs prohibiting spitting. In mest cases the awakening' seemed to come by force from without. There was the slightest indication that the ‘still, small voice’ was at work also. “At Armour, at my _suggestion—I1 made no pretense of making am inves- | tigation, but frankly announced my de- sire to see things for myself and to get a fresh impression of conditions as I had not seen the plants since before the strike—on every hand there was |indication of an almost humorous haste {to clean up, | for future chan; “Swift's and i {cleaned up that I was compelled to | cheer.them on their way by expressing | my pleasure at the changes. he sau- | sage girls were moved upstairs, where | they could get sun and light; they, too, | have dressing-rooms, etc. 1 asked for | showers and lockers for the casing | workers at Armour’'s and got a promise | that they would put them In. The can nlnf and stuffing room, chip beef and beef extract at Armour’'s seemed really quite good. In all of these rooms the girls work. At Libby's the girls are which they will secure, but at half price: Their haste toward reform | would have been amusing if it were | not so nearly tragic. | “They tried to win my help on the | ground that loss of foreign {in my nelghborhood. and Imust say I | do share this fear, but I cannot see the | wisdom of my coming out-publicly and |saying that 1 saw indicagions of an |awakening, for I want the“changes to be radical and permanent, even though ! we all have to suffer for the present.” . INQUIRY NOT FINISHED. I wish to repeat that my investiga- tions are not yet through. I am not | prepared to make a final statement either as to so much of the complaints as concern the management of the Bu- reau of Animal Industry or as to cer- tain of the graver charges in connec- tion with the adulteration of meat pro- ducts, as well as other matters. But enough has been developed. in judgment, to call for immediate, thor- ough-going and radical enlargement of the ers of the Government in in- spect ing all meats which enter inter- state and foreign commerce. Unfortunately, the misdeeds of these who are responsible for the abuses we design to cure wil brhfi discredit and ge not only upon them but upon | the innocent stockgrowers, the ranch- men ‘and farmers of the country. The only "(’f. ;:mnnuy h: &:tnt and ETOW! ranchmen. is to uc:rr'i' te in- Sin- i "bh'hv the thorough e '; tion for which 1 vy rely ¥ Y*IHEODORE ROOSEVELT. 'REBATE CASE NEAR END. it! party arrives they will have still more | new lavatories, toilet-rooms, dressing- | repave and even to plan | ges. Armour’'s were both so | to be put into a blue calico uniform, | trade | would mean hardship for the workers | my | son Morris Packing Company, om trial on a charge of accepti redbates from the Burlington Railway on export shipments. Van Valkenburgh dectared that the acceptance of a rate of 28 cents a hundred pounds by the packers when the regular tariff was 35 cents was a plain violation of the intarstate commerce act. He said in the course of his argument: “Since the passage of the Elkins | amendment the shipper is llable equal- ly with the carrfer, and the mere so- liciting., accepting or receiving of a concession or rebate is made an of- fense. No intent is necessary to the completion of that offense. Where the specified intent is not essential, a mis- {take or ignorance of fact is quite as | immaterial as mistake or ignorance of law. “The duty is laid upon the shipper {and it is incumbent upon him to guard ! against violating the law or the spirit |of the law. If he ships and accepts he is bound, at his peril, to know that the rate he accepts does not involve a concession from the pub- lished rate.” Van Valkenburgh said that the pack- ers knew of the actual rate of 36 cents at the time they made the ship- ment in the case at point. and accepted a rate of 25 cents. In closing he sai “No damage would have been tailed upon the defendathts by observ- ance of the law. It will be noted that nowhere oin the evidence does it ap- pear that the shippers would have suffered in the matter of their ocean rates nor in the matter of their for- eign contracts for the sale of their products by observing the published schedule. The shippers were simply seeking concessions, preferences and advantages in the matter of rates, and the railroad was seeking tonnage with. out reference to the mandate of the law." o Frank Hagerman, representing Ar- mour & Co. and speakng for the other defendants also, f{ollowed Vam Valkenburgh in rebuttal argument. His argument was lengthy and technmical and in it he took the stand that the packers’ contract with the Burlington Railway was valid: that the packers did not intend to violate the law. When court resumed fn the afterhoon Judge McPherson continued the cases until Tuesday morning next, when, he announced, he would instrucg the jury. Judge McPherson said the case de- served more attention than he had been able to give to it and he wanted more time in which to study it WOMEN ASK THAT SMOOT BE DROPPED FROM SENATE National League Adopts Resolutions and Later Calls Upon President Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, June $.—That Reed Smoot of Utah should no longer be permitted to hold his seat in the United States Senate was the unami- mous sentiment of the ational League of Women's Organisations, voiced at a special meeting in thix city today, which was presided over by Mrs. Frederick Schoff of Philadel- phia, who is also president of the Mothers' Congress. Resolutions were unanimously adept- ed reciting among other things that Senator Smoot “sits in the Senate as ar apostle of polygamy and the rep- resentative of a treasonable organi- zation.” and therefore should no long- er “remain a member of its body aad participate in the making of laws for the moral and patriotic guidance of he women and children of our Dbe- loved counmtry.” Later the delegates proceeded to the White House in a body and were re- | ceived by President Roesevit. —_—— Passenger Trains in Collision. ST. LOUIS, June 3.—A callision be- tween senger trains occurred on the Iron ountain road, near Mengo, 115 miles south of here, early today; re- |sult. g in the death’ of a fireman and | injuries to four trainmen. No passen- gers were injured. The dead: Frank | Reitchard, fireman. The injured: _En- gineer Louis Taylor, Conductor E. C. Snoures and two tramps, badly crushed, who probably will die The trains were both St. Louis-Mem- phis trains. i Japanese Make Dewial. 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