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GRAFT IS 1907.
CONGEfI HIM
MAKES NEW ACCUSA
TIOS AGAINST ALLDS.
Senator Professes Ignorance of
Distribution of Money Bur
nett Is Said to Haze Got.
[By T->praph to The Tribune.]
Albany, Feb. IS.— Declaring that in
jp,j7 cenatcr Jotham F. Allds told him
that the legislative committee drafting
the prcoosea highway code was putting
iito it "so^-e damn bad things for you
fgtovfs" ar.d "you'd better get up and
see us about it," Senator Bcnn Conger
t^jgy ........ ... of sensa
tions -rtich have marked the Senate's
tevestigatfca °' th<? Allds bribery
chaises
This happened when the two met in
the railroad station here late in the year.
Eeaator Conger testified. He swore that
be told Senator Allds that he "was not
c: £ll interested irr the matter." and did
not care to see him. Later, he went on.
be told John Newell, the agent of the
Canton Bridge Company here, who h3s
f.g-jred In the case as a witness, about
this episode, and also told his brother
ST.Q some others cf bis people at Grown
about it.
f Senator Conger's testimony, that what
«- considered attempts to extort black
mail were continued v.v to a time vrhich
clearly czme within the period when a
crime was not outlawed under the stat
ute of limitations, was greeted with a
buzz of excited comment. It brought
Lewis E. Can. of Senator Alias's coun
sel, quickly to the defence, and on cross
examination fc» placed Senator Conger in
the position of saying that nobody heard
•his coir-ersntion. although later he had
epoken about it to others.
DE PASSED ■■..-.
Tee special legislative committee ap
prised to revise the highway laws v-as
... in 1?C»7. and reported to the
Legislature in 19GS. when the r'«ent
"hirhwa*" c-cdo" was passed.
It was made up of Senators AliSs,
Hooker. Gobi and F^rawley. and Assem
v--.—.---. jierritt. Harm, TTest, Mallon
s-^ -pear The four members last
3." c not now in the Legislat
cre. In this highway code a limitation of
?1,50G for the building or repair of
bridges, beyond which nr^'e a referen
dum to the voters was necessary, was
retained. Redrafting transferred it from
Section 93 to Section •- of the law. It
vvls learned to-day that en reading procf
sneets of the proposed code Senator
Allds pot the idea that the fl,l limit
had been left out. and stormed around
until various members, pf
■die commlTtee showed him that It mere
ly bad been shifted into another section
of the proposed law.
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HOOKER FHOUD OF LAW.
"If th«re was ever any legislation
tforked ©nt squarHy it was in that re
port.- ?aid h<?. -Our discussions were
carried or. systematically and freely.
Trtth the idea of gottinc the very best
poFSisle propositions] The highway law
ihas drafted has been in force for a
year and has worked perfectly. I havo
always r-een very proud of this law, an.l
• cmsidcV it a great piece cf constructive
legislation.
I'ic: ur«que details of the part u.k-n
Speaier Nixon and Jean L. Burnett
this alleged "blat kmaiF process wore
; en to-day by Senator Conger. He
scribed several conversations between
irn-ett and himself and among- Burnett
d his brother Frank ,'md himself. I'ur
;t. bis testimony ran. first "ap
:'&ch<:-d" him .-•■-' highway
islauon. in consequence of which con-.
-ration h<? sent for his brother and
roduced 3iim to Burnett. Such intro
?tion to Nixon was unnecessary; his
)ther. he said, knew Nixon.
"oward the tnd of the session, Sen
»r Conrcr declared, the Speaker called
birn into his room and said in substance:
here Is something doing on that high
y bill on the floor; what arc you go
r to do for me?"
"I am not handling that; my brother
:? the man. Why don't you get him up
here- and see him?" Senator Conger said
h< told the Speaker. His advice was
thkf-.n. he said, v.ith the result that an
was entered into among the
Speaker,- Burnett, Allds and his brother
regarding the dispof-al of this highway
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CONGER'S OPINION OF NIXON.
Senator Congers opinion of Speaker
Nixon -ras rout out luminously by a
question of Mr. Van Hoesen, of his coun-
F*i, referring to a previous question by
Mr. Carr as to why, if he thought he
*-£s be;ng blackmailed, he had not told
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tell that L
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For the first time to-day there was
evident an apparent desire on the part
of this -vitress to keep back in^crma
ton. Under the cross-examination of
Mr. Czrr he was put through a hot grill
ing about the demand f<»r $10,000 in 1005
*.or killing the h'ghway legislation, re
earifiirtg which he testified yesterday he
had "personal knowledge*' from first
nand and telephone conversationE. let
p€ could not or would not say writh
'S'hom he had those conversations, when
or with whom he talked over the tele
jhciie, of how he- oi-uuned his knowieilije
'f the aliened "strike/"
Likewise, at the very banning of the
•lays session, he declared to Mr. Car
that he h£.d no knowledge of the ulti
mate destination of the $4,000 which he
EWor*- he saw delivered to Jean Burnet:.
His instructions and information did not
cover that, he ?aid. An attempt by Sen
stcr tVa-nvw right at the close cf the
cession to find out whether this
Biooey was retained by Burnett or di-
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GETS NO IMMUNITY.
Mr. Taft Forces Confiding
Friend to Obey Late.
[From Th Tribune Bureau.]
"Washington. Feb. IS.— President Taft
recently had a curious experience in con
nection with the Sherman iaw. A manu
facturer who stands his:-, in the ranks of
the Republican party called at the White
House and appealed to the President to
advise him about hi.' business as a friend
rather than as Chief Executive of the
nation.
He laid bare the inspection of the
President all the secrets by which he has
made his extensive business remarkably
successful. When he had finished his ex
planation the President said to him:
"My friend, my advice to you is to so
home as fast as a train will carry you
and to cancel all the agreements of
which you have been telling me. You
are a flagrant violator of the anti-trust
law. and had this knowledge come to
me officially I should be obliged to order
your immediate prosecution. If you will
promise me to dissolve those agreements
I will grant you the time necessary to
do it, but at the end of a reasonable
period I shall expect to find you in a
position to establish beyond question to
the satisfaction of the officials of the
Department of Justice the fact that you
are no longer conducting a trust,"
The manufacturer took Mr. Taft's ad
vice, but he now writes to his friends in
Washington, with many lamentations,
that his business is "totally disorgan
ized."
HELD UP ALDRICH.
Senate Leader Not Recognized
by Old Messenger.
Washington, Feb. IS.— A man with a
grizzled mustache and bushy eyebrows
was stopped in one of the corridors of
the Senate wing- of the Capitol to-day by
a messenger, bo has been in the ser
vice of the government more than thirty
years.
Are you a Senator?'* asked the mes
senger, barring the way to a private ele
vator. "
"I am," was the reply.
"A new one?" asked the messenger.
"Net exactly My name is Aldrich,"
and the grizzled mustache and bushy
eyebrows contracted and expanded with
a succession of broad smiles.
The man who held ur> the Senate
leader is about as interesting a charac
tea as the Senator himself. He is John
P. Hamlin, more than eighty years old,
and he was foreman of the jury which
convicted Guiteau of the assassination of
President Garfield.
It is needless to say that hi« failure to
recognize Mr. Aldrich did not endanger
his place, as the Senator regards the in
cident as one of the most amusing in his
long gem
TO MEET ROOSEVELT.
Carnesic Will Go to London —
'Eulogize* Mr. Taft.
!Los -.---.■=. Feb. IS. — Andrew Car
negie, who passed through Los Angeles
to-day on the way to Santa Barbara,
talked freely on political conditions, on
the high cost of living and on trusts.
"Roosevelt is on«? of the greatest men.
in the world." he said. "I admire him
ir.tenseiy. lam goinsr to London to meet
him on May 15. Roosevelt is not only a
statesman of rare wisdom, but he is ab
solutely without guile. Present condi
tions in this country testify to his fore
sight.
wing out the Roosevelt
■ ■ - a dlfierent disposi
ai things in a different
knew when he chose
esaor tbat the latter
. pursue the same
• If. Taff- p"l
irt of commerce
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Mr. Carnegie ascribed the price of
meat and other necessaries of life to
lack of competition to a large degree.
"Of course, we live too high," he add
ed. "We all want the best cut of meat,
where formerly we didn't. We all want
to wear real wool, and many of us have
n yearning for silk hosiery. We are
simply living on too ea ■■■ naive a scale."
JAP ON RAMPAGE.
Three "Finest" to Land Tiny
Cook, Jiu-jitsu Expert.
It required three of New York's "finest*!
to tak« Satsuma Yano. a diminutive Jap
anese cook, of No. 127 West 77th street
to the West 6Sth street police station
last night when be showed a sudden
tendency to fight the crowd in Lincoln
Square, as the audiences were coming
out of the theatres Satsuma had been
linstructed in the arts of jiu-jitsu, and
made so good use of his training that
three patrolmen had all they could do to
handle him.
The littlo fellow attracted the atten
tion of Patrolman McKenaie by his bel
ligerent attitude^ acquired through a pro
longed visit at a nearby saloon. A large
cfowd had gathered when the patrolman
wm p up . • -.;..., wound himself about
M-Ken-ie's legs, and soon caught a hold
that threw the patrolman on his back.
Both floundered around on the sidewalk,
the patrolman, on of the tallest and
heaviest in the precinct, finally maintain
ing an advantage with difficulty. Patrol-
SeS Beine and O'Brien came to the res
cue and carried the struggling prisoner
three blocks to the station house, where
he was locked up on a charge of dis
orderly conduct and intoxication.
THIEF WHO GOT $173,000 IMMUNE.
Statute of Limitations Works in Illinois
Treasury Case.
rhliaxa Feb. M-1 .- thief who stole
MLfIM from the Chicago Sub-Treasury on
February 1& *°S te now Immune from
• ■ -i rro*ecution. bk liability thereto
urSr the statute of limitations having ex-
PTetVonlP T e tVonlv y possible recourse of the gov
e^rfnow is to ..... : and insti
~Vo civil action to recover the money.
"v>. theft is apparently M great a mys-
Tr l7\- on the day a short message con
vr-c/Wnews to Washington. Congress
rec"t:y^afcsolved the Sub-Treasurer from
■c : <n^'-'"-y * or th€ l 0" money.
COMERS LETS FU
SAYS TAMMANY SOL
JUDGESHIPS.
Issues Typical Statement, and
Will Come On to Fight—
May Get Injunction.
By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Palm Beach Fla:, Feb. IS. — Saying
that he was going up to New York to
fight out his difficulties with the New
York State Democratic Committee, of
which he is chairman, William J. Con
ners left here to-night and will arrive in
New York on Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Couriers, v.ho, it is rumored, is to be de
posed at a special meeting called for
February 24 in Albany, issued a state
ment before he departed in which he
said that since he had always made
good and had never done anything to hie
discredit, he intended to maintain his
power and not to take any dictations
from Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany
Hall. His statement follows:
"In reply to your inquiry with regard
to the meeting of the state committee
to be called next week and that they
have thirty-six members who have
signed the call:
"Murphy, 'Gaffney and company are
very anxious to get control of the state
organization, to use the sam - policy with
the State of New York as in the city of
New York to auctioneer the same, as has
•been done with judges in the city of New
Yrrk. The man that pays the highest
price is the man that will be nominated.
That is going to bring reform to the
Democratic party.
•'The Senate and Assembly committee
should have an investigation, and they
win iind that the judges that have been
nominated for the last three or four
years will be amazed at how much their
friends and themselves paid for the
nominations of the Supreme Court
judges. The Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor and Attorney General will be auc
tioned off in the same way, handing con
trol over to the same gang. This will
give dignity to the party. 1 shall at
tend the meeting.
"The Democratic party would be wise
to go slowly and be careful if they want
to be successful. As thing; look good
now the Democrats are always very un
fortunate in mixing it up at the right
time.
• With every man who was ever re
moved from office there was always
some reason for doing it. He either did
something discreditable or did not make
good. Neither one of those cases applies
to me. I made good in my city and
county and upstate, where I had charge,
"In the Heirs' campaign we wen
out in greater Sew York and
th-: upstaTe opliticians that would be
leaners to-day.. In the Bryan and 1
lex campaign we were sold out for the
municipals of New York City being the
same gang -.hat wants to run the state
to-day.
• It's up to the level headed Dem t
of the State of New York to move, and
move right. I was elect-: : ears
a? state chairman, and will not be dic
tated to by the Contractors' King—Mur
phy, Gaffney and Company. '
Friend- of William J. Conners
yesterday said he was prepared
out an injunction restraint g the I
cratic State Comm tt<
him as chairman at the spe< ial n
in Albany on Thursday. Befoi
for Palm Beach, it was stated, h< - -
the advice of a former Supr» 1
justice, who expressed tl
an injunction hto ild ■ •
permanent.
According to th< plans, j istice in
Buffalo will be asked to issu<
porary injunction, which must b
matter of right, and at least I I ■
eight hours must be grant
for argument It will b<
or behalf of the state chairman that he
. iected for ' " [ one year
and that the commits
right to cut short his term of office.
g . the action of the committee will be
delayed In any o^;. Should the
T<. make the injunction perm • I
Chairman Conners has other ammunition
that he Is 3 red to 1 :: ■
to ho ready to reveal a number of -
of Tammany Hall which he g
he and ''liar!-.- F. Murphy were political
comrades.
Friends oi Mr. Conners b • n busy
gathering tog< ther th< ir forces St<
Ryan, of Chenango, who in perhaps* I •-■ 1
to him than any other man on th<
naJttee, was In town last night. John
■ -. --■ ■ retary to Mr. Conner.-?.
wae busy preparing for a conference that
will be held here after th- arrival of the
5-tat'- chairman to-morrow.
CONNER'S FOES BUSY.
Murphy to Open Headquarters
at Albany.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune 3
Übany. Feb.' lS -"This is the time for
as to get our ship of state- in sailing or
der." remarked Patrick E. McCabe, Demo
cratic State Committt-eman. when ask«d
at out the special meeting of the Demo
cratic State Committee next Thursday
noon. Bat from present indications the^
scouring down of the decks and the set
ting of the sails will only follow a bitter
fight. At the Hotel Ten Eyck. where the
meeting will be held, it was learned to
a y that John T. Bfahe secretary to Chair
man William J. Conners, whom MeCate and
his' friends are trying to oust as state
chairman, has engaged a suite of rooms
there for next week. Mr McCabe has
made arrangements for the meeting at the
iiot<?l. and Charles F. Murphy, leader of
Tammany Hull, has also engaged rooms
♦here. This will bring together the war
ring factions of the. Democratic party in
New York State.
The fisht that will •■• '■<-•! will deter-
m nt whether Mr. Conners is to remain
the state chairman or not. Arrayed against
him will bfe B) e Chief Murphy of Tam
many and man; upstate^ Democnn mosi
of whom are in sympathy with the new
Democratic League. It in expected that
Conner* will put uj> a hsrd fight to retain
jjjs leadership, but his adversaries, al
though realizing this, feel confident thai
his career as state chairman is about at
an end. The name of John A. Dix. of
Cuntlaued on fourth psze.
TILLMAN SPEECHLESS
Power of Articulation Nearly
Gone — Condition Serious.
Washington, Feb. IS.— The condition
of Benjamin Ryan Tinman, senior Sena
tor from South Carolina, is extremely
grave, and Dr. H. F. Pickford. the at
tending physician, said late to-day that
the outcome of the Senator's illness
would be determined within the next
seventy-tv hours.
The Senators right side is almost
wholly paralyzed, and aphasia has de
veloped as a result of a cerebral hemor
rhage on the left side of the brain. He
has nearly lost the power of articula
tion, and this is regarded by the doctor
as the most serious symptom of the
Senator's illness. He may recover from
the paralysis, but in all probability, it
is said, he will never regain the complete
use of speech.
The alarm of the family is shown by
the fact that they have telegraphed for
Dr. J W. Babcock, superintendent of
the South Carolina Hospital for the in
and the family physician of the
Tiltmans. He wfll leave Columbia for
Washington to-morrow morning
The Senator's wife ' and their oldest
son, Benjamin R Tinman, ir.. are with
him, and the other two children. Henry
C. and SalUe May Tillraan, have been
summoned by telegraph.
SENATOR SMITH UNDER KNIFE-
Operation for Appendicitis Successful,
Surgeons Say.
■^asfck ■ •■ Senator William
Alden Smith, cf Michigan, was operated on
to-day for appendicitis, and to-night
reported to be resting well and apparently
in excellent condition. It was said by his
physic -ever, tfcaf no prediction
could be made until thirty-six hours had
elapsed.
Mr. Smith was removed tc the Homoe
opathic Hosi tall ■ '" where Dr.
Barth performed tbe • " assisted by
Dr. T. L. Macdonald, oi V .? ; -..r.gton. The
Senator was under the ki ■ '" nty-four
minuti : . • ; trgeons declared the
operation an unqualified success
Santa Ana. CaL, Feto 18.-G B. Smith, of
r of Senator WilTam Alden
Smith, is thought tc be dying from pneu
monia. News of the Senator's Illness in
Washington ha? been kept from him.
PERKINS IN HiS SEAT AGAIN.
■ir.jrcn, Feb. 18.— Senator P-rk-n?
of caw was in his seat in the Sen
ate to-day for the &r more than
s:>: weeks His absence t\as due to an in
... rv to hi c, received by falling on
alidays. He said
to-daj thaJ recovered.
SOUGHT BY FRIENDS.
Springfield Salesman Mysteri
ously Disappears Here.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Springfield; ilass., Feb. Charles H.
Davenport, jr., of No. 35 Westminster
street. Springfield, a"travell?ng salesman
for the Worthy Paper (Company, in West
Springfield, went to New York February
9 to attend th€ proceedings of the Amer
ican Pulp and paper Makers' Association.
The next day he disappeared, and noth
ing- has been heard of him since. Ac
cording to Edgar S. Bliss, president or
the Worthy Paper Company, Mr. Daven
port was last see] in the Hotel Waldorf
at 12:20 a. m. Friday. Mr. Davenport
stayed at the Murray Hill Hotel on his
visit to the metropolis, and all his per
sonal effects are there now.
A description ■■■ Mr. Davenport has
been sent out to authorities in various
cities. He is thirty-eight years old. 6
feet 1 ' inch in height and weighs 190
pounds. Mr. Davenport has been for
s^ome time under a mental strain. His
father is president of the Whiting Paper
Com]
31 AIL BOXES WANTED.
Carriers Not to Wait — New
Plan May Cost $3,000,000.
Washington, Feb. 18. — Persons who
md have no mail boxes in
■ if their homes are likely not to re
. any mail after June 30. Certainly
a provision of the post
bill becomes a law.
The provision prohibits any letter e£w
rier from del ring mail st a house un
• ibl< box on the out
s e j(j to ■ ' • ' :t means that Uncle
Sam is tired of having his uniformed
- ■ 10 answer their
The ■■ ' ture by th« people to meet
of the bill is estimated at
. -j. 00.000. The average
1 os~ts $1.
BOSTON COMMON IN DIRE PERIL.
May Lose Its Splendor Through Signs
on Subway Stations. -
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Boston. Feb. IS. — A movement was be
gun to-day by the Massachusetts Civic
League, R. T. Hartman, secretary, against
th<=> use of the subway stations on the
Common for advertising purposes. Mr.
Hartman to-day sent a communication to
Mayor Fitzgerald, and also to the Boston
Rapid Transit Commission, asking that
the matter be investigated and the signs
removed. Mr. Hartman said to-day:
"I do not think the elevated road has a
right to ■ it up such advertising. The
signs mar the beauty of the Common, and
If the road is allowed to post signs on
their subway stations by and by firms will
be using the trees and fences for oilier
signs and the Common will lose Its splen
dor."
RESCUED FROM HIS FATHER.
Crowd of Women Attack Man Leading
Half-Clad Boy in Street.
While leading his three-year old boy.
half clothed, down Eighth avenue about
3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Michael
Dorcey. a laborer, of No 305 West llsth
ctreet. attracted the attention of a crowd
of tender hearted women at MM street.
When Patrolman UHrr.an, of the traffic
E<iuad. went by on his bicycle he found the
crowd of infuriated women had pushed
Dorcey Into a hallway a: Eighth avenue
and i'"th street and had forced him to re
move hts coat and wrap it around the
child.
;:i!man rescued the man and took him
to rii« West 47th street police station.
v here '••■ was locked up on a charge of
intoxication. The child was turned over
to the Gerry society and held on a techni
cal ehar S e of juvenile delinquency.
BIG CUSTOM FRAUD
AUTO UNDERVALUING
IF! LI, HE AC II $300,000.
Hqzl Hollander Go/ Away
from Agents in Canada—
His Office Attached.
A> the result of the discovery of frauds
against the custom? amounting to over
i the importation of automo
biles and other dutiable articles. 8
tachment was levied yesterday on the of
fice effects of Alexander Hollander &
Co.. at Xo 82 Wall street, for $5,000, as
a preliminary measure. The original
complaint in this case was made by
Henry Clews, as told exclusively in The
Tribune of January 23.
The indictment of Hollander followed
that of two of his employes, one of whom
was connected with the payment of duty
en an automobile bought abroad by Mr.
Clews. The appraisement was changed
after the full amount of the duty had
been collected from Mr. Clews, and the
government received about $400 less than
the assessment should have been.
As soon as the federal grand jury had
acted on the charges against Hollander
a bench warrant was issued for his ar
rest. His home was at No. ITS West
7?th street. Thither the government agent
went to apprehend the Importing agent.
He had, of course, heard of the proceed
ings against his employes and their ar
rest, but the information about his own
indictment had been carefully guarded-
Hollander, however, had fled.
The government officials were particu
larly anxious to make the arrest. The
investigations by the customs agents had
brought to light many instances similar
to the Clews case. Among the Hol
lander customers were William K. Van
derbilt, William Astor Chanler and others
equally well known, al! of whom had paid
the full duties on their automobiles, but
on which the government had only been
raid a fraction by the agents.
It was supposed at once that Hollander
had gone to Canada. The pel. at
Buffalo and other cities through which
he might have to pass were informed at
once and a share lookout was kept at
all the stations. But the importing agent
evaded arrest successfully, and he was
soon heard of as being the guest of -
prominent citizen of Montreal.
DODGED AGENTS IX MONTREAL.
The weather at Montreal was particu
larly severe when Secret Service men
were detailed to shadow Hollander. ; They
found the house where he was staying
and wafted for an opportunity to make
the arrest. Just as all was in readiness
to proceed, after- a night spent out of
doors in a temperature far below zero,
the . importing agent again got away.
The house had been left unguarded for a
few hours, and it is supposed that he
knew of their presence an.i fled as the
agents left to get thawed out. At all
events, he disappeared and the Secret
Service men returned to this city yester
day to report failure.
Officials of the ci = r ma have been
delving in the- Holiard-r books ev-r
since the fraud was first dispover^-d. in
January. Transaction after transaction
was found which, when traced to its
payment in the Custom House, was f^und
to be a ca=e similar to that discovered
when the first arrests were made.
Joseph P. McGrath. the Hollander em
ploye who was first arrested on a charge
of having defrauded the customs, had
handled the automobile of Mr. Ciews.
Collector Loeb, to facilitate the release
of machine? which were quickly wanted
by their owners, had permitted the is
suance of certificates of appraisement
to be used in lieu of the invoices. It
was the alteration of one of these cer
tificates: that led to the discovery of the
frauds. The Collector has revoked th^ir
use.
DISCOVERY AN" ACCIDENT.
Mr. Clews's automobile was valued at
. ' 550. When the certificate was issue 1
it contained that amount as the ■
tion in letters and figures. The duty
■a a;- assessed and Mr. Ciews paid it to
the importing agent. When the certifi
cate was presented at the cashier's win
dow in the Custom House it showed a
valuation of $850, the figure **1 M having
been erased and the letters "ten" hav
ing been treated the sanif- way with a
chemical.
One of the customs Secret Service
agtnts tvas engaged on an entirely ;if
• investigation when this altered
certificate came und^r his observation.
The source was quickly traced, as tho
payment had been made only recently,
and the law division of the department
acted quickly. It was at first thought
that this was an Isolated case, but the
more the agent investigated the more
frauds of the same kind were found.
Th*>n the matter was taken up as one
of great magnitude, and it was reported
last evening that the frauds would
amount to at least $500,000, and it was
believed that It would be found the
government had been cheated out of
even more than that by this peculiar
form of evading duty.
The search for Hollander will not be
stopped. It was said yesterday that as
he would be able to aid the government
in its investigations, thus enabling it to
clear up the whole system, a measure of
leniency would he shown if he should
surrender himself. It was also said that
the Canadian authorities would be atkeJ
to apprehend Hollanders friend as an
accessory for having defeated the ends
of justice.
DUTCH STEAMER MISSING.
Grave Fears for the Prins Willem 11.
Bound for West Indies.
Port of Spain. Trinidad, Feb. IS.— Grave
fears are entertained here for the safety
of the Dutch steamer Prlns Willem 11.
due here from Amsterdam since February
7. The Dutch cruiser Utrecht passed north
of this inland yesterday, going eastward.
She inquired by wireless whether the miss
ing steamer had arrived, and was informed
that no news of her had been reecived
hero.
The Prins Wlllexn II is a passenger and
mail steamship of 1,621 tons*, and is owned
at Amsterdam. She makes regular trips
betv.-een that port and the West Indies.
LURED OVER BORDER.
Mexican Officers Take Alleged
Revolutionists.
[Bj- Telegraph to TIM Tribune.]
Galveston. Feb. ****** Guerrera,
Leon Trevanza and Martin Garza. want
ed by the Mexican government on
charges of having participated in revo
lutionary movements against that gov
ernment, were enticed from Del Pwio,
Tex., last night and taken across the
border by two Mexican government de
tectives who have been operating op. the
American side of the border.
Trevanza and Garza were arrested in
Texas about a year ago. and Mexico
made application for their extradition,
but upon trial they were not surrendered
to the Mexican authorities. The Mexi
can officers joined . the junta and won
the good graces of the three men.
BERATES J. P. MORGAN
Guild Criticises Him for Xezc
Haven PoJicjt.
[By Telegraph to The Tri 1 - :■
Boston, Feb. IS.— Curtis Guild, Jr.. for
mer Governor of Massachusetts and edi
tor 3rd publisher of '"The Commercial
"t;u!!etm." will publish to-morrow an edi
entitled "Mr. Morgan and Massa
chusetts." He declares that Mr. Morgan
is forcing public ownership on conserva
tive men by his attitude in the New
Haven Railroad situation. Mr. Guild
says in part:
"Until last week it was generally sup
posed that the individual responsibility
for the defiance of the courts, the law
and the people of Massachusetts rested
upon Mr. Mellen, president of the road.
and that the vice-president, Mr. Byrnes,
would prove a better friend to the re
quirements alike of law and of citizen
ship. The railroad has been allowed to
work its will in merging the Boston &
Maine. What has the read done in re
turn for everything asked of and granted
by The Legislature? It has as yet ful
filled not cne promise so fervently made
by Mr. Mellen.
"Now the mask Is off. We have all
done injustice to Mr. Mellen and Mr.
Byrnes. Both these men and others are
but hired megaphones through which a
beefy, red faced, thick necked financial
tully. drunk with wealth and power,
bawls his orders to stock markets, direc
tor^, courts, governments and nations.
We have been listening to Mr. Morgan."
ZELAYA AT VIGO.
Writing a Book on America's
"Unwarranted Action."
Vlgo, Spain. Feb. IS.— Santos Ze
laya. former President of Nicaragua, ar
rived here to-day on the steamer Alie
rnania. He announced that he was writ
ing a book on .the subject or Nicaragua,
in which, he said, he would succeed in
proving that the present revolution therj
was d T ie to the- unwarranted interven
tion of the United States, which "en
ccuraged the discontented element of thi
country and furnished material aii
whereby the revolutionists gained
ground.*'
Zelaya said that the Americans. Grace
and Cannon, were executed because they
had been found carrying explosives des
tined for use in blowing op Nicaraguan
transport ships.
TOO POOR TO MARRY.
Plea for More Pay for Boston
"Tech Instructors.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Boston Feb. 18. — Declaring that the
salaries of instructors at the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology are "ridicu
lously inadequate" for them to marry
on. Professor D. C. Jackson, head of the
engineering department, in his annual
report, filed to-day, advises the faculty
to raise their pay in order that they may
become Benedicts if they so desire.
Professor Jackson says:
-Some more rational process of pro
moting the younger men of the staff than
has heretofore been in operation needs
to be adopted before the most effective
results may be hoped for. Our instruc
tors are several years from the day of
their graduation and are between twen
ty-four and thirty years of age. an age
at which it is natural for young men to
seriously consider marriage: but our in
structors' salaries are ridiculously in
adequate to support such ventures."
CRUISERS CRIPPLED?
West Virginia and Maryland
So Reported at Navy Yard.
Vallejo, CaL. Feb IS.— lt is iearned at
Marc Island Navy Yard that the cruis
ers West Virginia and Maryland were
both reported in poor condtttoa when
they reached Pan Francjsco from the
Orient last Monday.
Th>. West Virginia. !t is asserted, en
tered port running only one engine with
two cylinders. Conditions in the engin
room were such that Lieutenant Com
mander C. B. Barnes, engineer of the
cruiser, not only recommended that the
vessel be sent to Mare Is'and for a gen
eral overhauling but BJad a formal pro
test with the Navy Department against
taking the West Virginia to sea when
the Beet sails, on the ground that she is
unseaworthy.
Both the West Virginia and the Mary
land, it is said, consumed from 260 to
300 tons of coal daily on the run from
Honolulu, while the California and the
South Dakota, running at the same
speed, used only 100 tons each.
The Maryland's engines and boilers
are declared in little better condition
than those of the West Virginia.
The West Virginia and the Maryland are
armored cruisers cf 13.t&> tons displace
ment. Both ■■_■ built at Newport News.
U. S. INSURANCE CO.'S WIN
Canadian Senate Strikes Out Clause of
Tax on Premiums.
Ottawa Crnt.. Feb. 13.— The Senate struck
oat of the new insurance bill to-day a
clause levying a tax o- 15 per cent on
premiums paid to foreign unlicensed in
rurance companies. The Senate's action is
regarded as an important victory for Amer
ican companies. The Camdian Associated
Insurance Companies made a bitter light to
kwp the provision '■- the bin.
ONE CENT;
In City of »t» fork,
Jersey City sad
i HoUoken. j
JERSEY JURY TO
INDICT- PACKERS
WILL MOVE AGAINST
BEEF TRUST.
Directors Must Plead to
Charge of Forcing Up
Prices of Food.
The Hudson County Grand Jury, "
ting in Jersey City, voted yesterday to
indict thft National Packing Company, or
i the so-called Beef Trust. The allegation
was that the trust depressed the market
to enhance the prices of foodstuffs. Th»
true bill has not been handed into court.
It must be drawn and signed, and th*»
grand jury, pending this formality. -*d
: journed until Wednesday, when it wilt
file into court and present the bill.
The indictment Is ordered against tha
; directors of the National Packing Com
pany. The list of directors or. record i«
as follows: J. Ogden Armour. L. F.
Swift. Edward Morris. E. F. Swift. CM.
; Morris. Abraham Meeker. Edward Til
den, T. J. Connors. L a. Carter, T. E
; Wilson. C H. Swift. L. K. Heyman.
Samuel L. ilcßoberts. F. X. Fowler and
' X. W. Armour. One director. Kenneth
■ K. McLaren, Is not Indicted. He -.3 iden
tified with a. corporation agency !n '"
sey City, through which the National
I Packing Company Sled Is articles of In
corporation in >"•= Jersey, and is merely
a nominal member of the directorate to
1 comply with the law.
The headquarters of th-3 company t*
The Rookery, in Chicago, but th« an
! nual meetings are held in Jersey City ad
i the office of the agency to conform with
i the New Jersey statutes. Indictments
; may follow ag.iinst. the directors o'. rh-
I company and also the directors ■'■'' the
: cold storage plants, as it is alleged thnt
' food products kept in storage generate
disease germs. .
This phase of the investigation is BO*
being taken up by Dr. George McLaugh
lin. a bacteriologist of Jersey City, and
Assistant Prosecutor Vickers, of Hudson
County, who have conferred with the
' officials of the State Board of Health of
. New Jersey, the co-operation cf which
has been guaranteed.
CALLS' EVIDENCE AMPLE.
When the grand .-•■• convened yes
terday afternoon Prosecutor Gar-*". im
mediately went before it and urged that
J an indictment be forthwith ordered. The
evidence, he said, was ample to warrant
| ii and was adequate, he asserted, to -=€
J cure a conviction. The National Pack-
I ing Company being a New Jersey B*#
i pcratior It could be forced to produce
j the records of its proceedings, and he be-
I lieved they would show that the market
I had been manipulated. The evidence, he
I said, clearly proved that there was such
! ax illegal conspiracy a? Justice 3wayz<»
j had explained in his special charge on
i the subject must exist to warrant the
! finding of an indictment.
Th- jury immediately discu c sed the
! case and voted to indict the directors.
| except McLaren, who wUI be summoned
I as a witness next Wednesday, and may
| be called as a witness for the state in
i the subsequent prosecution. The Prose-
I cutor anticipates an early trial, as hi
; believes the indicted men will prompt!'
surrender, furnish bail and avoid th«?
necessity of delay anJ expense in requi
! sition proceedings. It was lid that
' some of the managers of the local plant
i ran to cover when before the grand jury.
I and said th?.t they were mere employes.
i who .>--••■- under orders; that .»
schedule of prices was issued weekly
: from Chicago by the way of New York
and with the covert threat that effi
, cient agents would get the prices fixed
by the company, and those who suc
ceeded would be classed as good ami
■ competent representative?. When the
i grand jurors visited the Merchants' re
frigerating plant they saw a turkey that
had been frozen for seven years, nnd
the agent in charge boastfully remarked
j that he wouldn't mind eating it himself.
They found in the place other turkey*
I that had been in storage for an equally
I lons period, and other foodstuffs w-re
seen that had been frozen stiff for years.
CONTFvOL OF THE COMPANIES.
Swift v Co., of Illinois, own JT.OOO.O^O
of the stock of the National Packinc
Company, according to the testimony cf
! G. F. Swift, of Chicago, before spwial
Examiner Dillon, at Jefferson City. Mo
on Thursday. Mr- Swift said that the
| stock was owned through the estate of
■ his father. G. W. Swift, and that Swift
I & Co. also owned stock in the Schtrarx-
I sthild & Sulzb«?rsr«»r Company. He also
i said that Swift 4 Co.. of Maine, and
! Swift &. Co., of West Virginia, were sell
ing companies for the Illinois company,
to which all business and dividends were
reported
The National Packing Company »a«
1 incorporated in New Jersey on March
j IS, 1003. The authorized capital stock
■ was £15.000,000. On March 26 of the
i same year the company tiled a certificate
with the Secretary of State setting forth
that the entire capital stock had been
[ paid up by the purchase of the property.
J The original Incorporates were 7 vis B.
I Dailey. Kenneth K. McLaren and Joseph
• M. Mitchell, all representatives of a cor
j poration agency at No. 15 Exchange
Place. Jersey City.
The last annual report of the company,
filed on December 31. 19C0. gave the fol
lowing officers, whose terms expire this
December: President, Edward Tilden;
vice-president. L. . B. Patterson; treas
urer, A. T. roller: assistant treasurer.
Arthur Colby, and secretary. C. G.
Snow.
The National Packing Company con
j trols the Fowler Packing Company, the
St. Louis Beef and Provision Company,
the Fowler Canadian Company (Lim
ited). Fowler Brothers (Limited) of Liv
erpool, the Omaha Packing Company.
the Hammond Packing Company, the O.
; H. Hammond Packing Company. th<*
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