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1 1 'l TODAY'S SFOBTING NEWS WILL BE FOUND ON PAGE 8 ff^ Minneapolis Merchants TJw* The Journal most because it gives them best results. PRICE TWO CENTS. HUGHES PREDICTS MORE SENSATIONS Hew York Insurance Inquiry Is Expected to Develop in Interact. PERKINS, THE MAN OP TWO JOBS, ON STAND New York Life's Vice President* Partner of Morgan, Is Again Quizzed. New York, Sept. 21.The probing of the methods of life insurance companies was resumed today by the legislative investigating committee. Before the day's proceeding were be gun, Charles E. Hughes, counsel to the committee, said he believed that facts of more importance and greater inter fft than any developed thus far still femain' to be brought out. "We have not yet reached the meat t this inquiry," said Mr. Hughes, "in fact we have only started it." Perkins Again a Witness. George W. Perkins, vice president of the New York Life, and a partner in the banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., was a witness again today. He was asked to produce the check for $800,000 given to J. P. Morgan & Co. by the New York Life for $800,000 of bonds of the Navigation syndicate These bonds were sold by the New York Life to J. iPerpont Morgan & Co., at the close of the calendar year, Dec. 31, 1903, and bought back on the next busi ness day, Jan. 2, 1904. The check was offered as evidence. An accompanying check for $266, Mr. Perkins said he did not know about, but would look it up. The check of J. Morgan & Co. for $800,000, pay ment for the bonds, also was asked for. Mr. Perkins then presented a state ment of the New York Life Insurance company's joint accounts frtom 1897 to 1905. Perkins Changes Reply. Mr. Perkins also presented a number of other financial statements that had be*en requested. Then he said: "Mr. Hughes, I think I have every thing you asked for. I wish to make a correction on the records. I think you assumed the obiect of the navigation syndicate transaction between the New York Life and J. P. Morgan & Co. was to enable the former to reduce their holding* temporarily from $4,000,000 to 3,200,000. You asked whether our pur pose was to report $3,200,00Q instead of $4,000000. The record as furnished me records me as answering, Yes, sir.' I wish to correct that. I didn't mean that. I don't mean it.'' ""You mean to say 'N'?" asked Mr. f[ mean to say 'No, replied Mr. Perkins. Held to the Subject. Here Mr. Perkins tried to take up another subject, but Mr. Hughes would not dit the witness proceed, but said he woud come to that later. He asked Mr. Perkins to produce all certificates the New York Life held on Dec. 31, 1903, showing its participation in the navigation syndicate and ne particular ly wished to know what instrument or certificate the New York Life deliv ered to J. Morgan on that date. I wil be glad to furnish the infor- mation'," said the witness. Among the pint accounts Mr. Hughes found a participation of the New York liife Insurance company with C. T. Wing & Co., in which, on the purchase of railroad bonds to the sum of $1,780,- 000, the New York Life received a profit of $32,705. I The witness did not know what prof its C. T. Wing & Co. got in' the tran saction. "From this account it looks as if the New York Life put up all the money said Mr. Hughes. "Do you know whether_that is true or not?" j^i I do not. am noaccounts the bookkeeper, bu" I presumeI the are cor rect.'* Paid Out a Million. Mr. Perkins was temporarily ex cused and Milton Monro Madson, a bookkeeper of the New York liife, was called. He identified extracts" from the books of the New York Life show ing that in the Wing & Co. account, the New York Life paid oul $1,700,000. Some bonds weer withdrawn by the in curance company leaving $1,280,000 bonds in the joint account. Mr. Perkins was recalled and said: "We went into this transaction to et these bonds as cheaply as possible, fear sir, that your are under the im pression that we went into this busi ness so as to let others make money out of the action, but that is not so. Hughes Demands Facts. "We will skip the motive," inter rupted Mr. Hughes. "Let us get at the facts. I do not wish to discuss the matter at all you you. Let us have the facts." "All right, sir." "Did the New York & Security Trust company buy any bonds for your com- pany?" asked Mr. Hughes. I cannot say, for that was four years before I took charge of the finance department of the company." Mr. Perkins said that in 1898 the New York Life took $2,100,000 of Chi cago & North-Western 3 per cent bonds in ioint account with Goldman, Sachs & Co., a portion of which was sold with a profit for the life insur ance company of $13,740. Losses to Be Shared. Bookkeeper Madison was recalleshared !r testified that the profits were by the life insurance company and Goldman, Sachs & Co., and that if there had been a loss it would have been equally shared. Mr. Perkins again took the stand and said that in another joint account with Goldman, Sachs & Co., the latter com panies bought the bonds amounting to $1,490,000, and that the New York Life Insurance company carried them until they were sold. The profits were di vided, each receiving $12,184. It was shown that the profits of the New York Life from 1899 to 1901, in clusive in joint accounts, were $388,382. Why Bonds Are Bought. Testifying regarding another bond transaction, Mr. Perkins said that Gold man, Sachs & Co. bought the bonds an Continued on 2d Page, 5th Column. INSURANCE SCANDAL TO GAIN HUGE PROPORTIONS S PANAMA WANTS TO JOIN COSTA RICA Isthmian Republic Tires of Inde pendence and Seeks An nexation. United States Pledged to Main tain Independence of Pana ma Republic. New York Sun Special Service. Washington, Sept. 21.-The republic of Panama, which came into existence two years ago as a result of the inter vention of the United States, has be gun preliminary negotiations with the republic of Costa Rica for annexation by that country. This news has just reached the state department in an official dispatch from Consul General Lee, who is stationed at Panama, and is regarded as of con siderable importance to the United States. The state department will bring the matter to the attention of the pres ident in order that he may define the policy which this government shall adopt. The dispatch of Mr. Lee is meager. He says he understands the public opinion of Costa Eica to be fa vorable to the union. Costa Bica Favors Idea. Minister Calvo of Costa Eica admit ted today that the public opinion in his country favored the annexation of Pan ama. He said: Should annexation occur, the American people need not be assured bv a repre sentative of Costa Rica that my country will do nothing which is In any way harmful to their Interests. Annexation would be advantageous to us because it would double our territory, would enable us to increase our credit, and assure to us a more powerful position in Central America. Annexation woulcL be advantageous to Panama, because we would be able to ex tend to that country our laws of hygiene and health, which would result in stamp ing out the bubonic plague and yellow fever, our education system and our ad vanced ideas generally. The United States and other countries would be benefited thru the develop ment of Panama. Our people are in such an enlightened state that order and tran quility exist, and during the time I have been accredited as minister to the United States there has not been a single com plaint to your government of a denial of Justice to an American or other foreigner. I think this will be considered more creditable when It is known that we have an immense amount of foreign capital, in cluding American, invested in Costa Rica. Wajr to- Canal Sought. While the minister did not say so, it is apparent that Costa Eica's ambition is to acquire by this means land com munication with, the Panama canal. The territory of the republic now has only water communication with Panama and Colon, and in order to build a railroad to either of these ports it would be necessary to obtain a right of way un der foreign jurisdiction, with all the vexations accompanying a changed sov ereignty. Costa Eica earnestly favored the con struction of the Nicaragua canal by the United States because that waterway would have run along its northern boun dary. It was a great disappointment that that route was not adopted. Why Panama Is Active. The quickness with which the govern ment of Panama has soured with the idea of independence is due, from^ in formation received here, to various causes. The officials had expected that when the United States began to build the Panama canal a stream of gold would flow into the country which would make every one of them a rich man. The United States has pursued the policy of spending most of its money within its own borders. There has been no opportunity for the extensive graft which is possible in the other republics of Central and South America, because under article 10 of the treaty between the United States and Panama, the lat ter is prohibited from imposing any taxes upon the canal or anything ap pertaining thereto, or the officers and employees of the waterway living in the cities of Panama and Colon. The government also is estopped from levying contributions or charges of a personal character of any kind upon any individual in the service of the canal and railroad and auxiliary works. Lost "Right" of Revolt. The United States found it necessary to act firmly in suppressing the insur rection which the commander-in chief of the Panama army had organized, and it thus took away from the people of the republic one of the most cherished rights, that of revolution, which the Latin-American can possess. There has been a conflict between Panama and the United States over the authority of the latter in open ports in the canal zone, the effect of which Panama claimed would work hardship upon the tradespeople of Panama and Colon. In brief, the government and people of Panama seem to have come to the conclusion that they have independence in name only, and thev believe that by annexation to Costa Eica they will se cure greater freedom. United States' Consent Necessary. But objectionable as American inter ference may seem to Panamans, it will be impossible for them to effect a union with Costa Eica unless the United States consents. By article 1 of the treaty between the United States and Panama, "the United Statea guaran tees and will maintain the indepen dence of the republic of Panama." Both Panama and Costa Eica there fore will have to obtain the approval of this government before the consoli dation can take place. The area of Costa Eica is 23,000 square miles, while that of Panama is 32,380 square miles, so that the great er republic would have the area of 55,000 square miles. The population of Costa Eica is about three hundred thou sand. The people of Panama are not as well educated as the Costa Eicans. They are poor and wretched, and num ber about four hundred thousand. Panama is rich in agriculture, min erals, timber, animals and ivory. These resources are hardly developed not at all in comparison to those of Costa Eica. THREE BROTHERS WED SISTERS St Joseph. Mo., Sept. 21.-William Kastor of Chicago was married last even ing to Miss Cecilia Bearman of this place. Two brothers of Kastor are husbjands of two sisters of the bride. STATE LOSES IN ITS SLIVER CASE Mineral Lease Law Held Consti tutional by Judge Dibell of Duluth. Special to The Journal. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 21.The state mineral-lease law is constitutional, says Judge Homer B. Dibell, in his decision filed in the "Virginia sliver" case to day. He also holds that Mabel Evans obtained her lease in a proper way, and that no conspiracy or fraud has been proven also that George A.xFlynn and I. C. Patterson have no interest it, and never had. The state brought the action to set aside a lease granted Mabel Evans for the iron land question. In the course of the action Attorney--General Young raised the point that the mineral lease law, under which thousands of leases have been issued, and several mines are being operated by large interests and under which the state has received nearly a million dollars in royalties and feeSj was unconstitutional. This brought into the case a large array of legal talent representing mining inter ests that would have sustained great losses if the law was declared invalid. The raising of this point caused the question as to the Evans lease to be come secondary and really insignifi cant. The attorneys for the interests holding leases claimed that the law was valid under an original construction of the constitution and under the prac tical construction given it by the state and its authorities. Judge JDibell sus tained both of these contentions. The court also finds that Pearl H. Smith never made an application for the land orally or written, and was, in fact, an ppponent of the state claim, inasmuch as ne was trying to locate the land with scrip. Whatever he was trying to do, the court says he was not trying to get a lease. The decision is a very ex haustive one, tracing the idea ot leases of land from the early ages down to the present time. HELD AS KING OF ALL BIGAMISTS Atlanta Prisoner Is Believed to Be Witzhoff, with Record of 125 Marriages. !New York Sun Special Service. Itfew York, Sept. 21.In all probabil ity Dr. George A. Witzhoff, bigamist, with a record of 125 marriages in which he has figured as principal or witness, has been caught at Atlanta, Ga. Lawyer Benjamin Franklin has re ceived a dispatch from the Atlanta chief of police, which says: "Man ar rested here answers description of Witzhoff, who is wanted in New York for bigamy Franklin will send a recent photo graph and a full description of Witz- While searching for a Chicago em bezzler named Gus Bobbs, the Atlanta police ran across a man calling himself Gehlstein, who was living with a pretty woman from New York. Gehlstein an swered completely the telegraphed de scription of Witzhoff and the police im mediately arrested him. Fergus Falls, Minn., Se'pt. 21.Bar- ney Munson, a saloonman, convicted of selling liquor to minors, was fined $50 and costs today, amounting to $85. N. Nelson pleaded guilty to the same of fense and was fined $25 and costs. THURSDAY EVENING,^SEPTEMBER 21, 1905. 5tr. if WILLIAM H. BAILY, Who Has Been Missing Since Last Eve- s' mng. s* WELL-KNOWN MAN DROPS FROM VIEW Wm. H. Baily Disappears During Homeward Walk from a Wedding. William H. Baily, for many years a well-known business man of Minneapo lis, has suddenly disappeared. Last evening he went with his daughters to St. Paul's church, Bryanf and Franklin avenues, to attend the wedding of Miss Lillian May Williams and Albert Gluck. After the ceremo ny his daughters went to a reception at the home of the bride's parents and Mr. Baily left them at Franklin and Hennepin avenues, saying that he would walk to their home, at 140 Lau rel avenue. Since then no trace of him has been found. His daughters, upon arriving at home at 11:30, found that he had not re turned. Searching parties at once started out to look for him and the police were notified, but thus far all efforts to locate the missing man have been unsuccessful. The police have been untiring in their efforts. The arks and all the avenues by which Baily might have strayed from his route have been searched over and over again. The wife and daughters are greatly worried over the disappearance of the husband and father and Mrs. Baily's health, always poor, has suf fered severely under the strain. I is thought by many that Mr. Baily, who is 70 years of age, may have been attacked with a Budden 'sickness and have been unable to find his way home in his dazed condition. There is a strong probability ij*at he may have been taken in for the^ ni^ht by some one who noticed his* dazed condition and feared for his ssjfefcjc* Mr. Baily has never been subject to Tainting or similar attacks, and aside from occa sional trifling absent-mindedness, has always been, full possession of his faculties. FOT many years Mr. Baily has been in the real-estate and loaning business at 203 New York Life building, and has been a prominent officer of Wes minster Presbyterian church. He has two daughters, the Misses Caroline and Ella Baily, and a son, Henry Baily, a lawyer, who occupies offices with his father. The family live at 140 Laurel avenue, flat 3. When last seen Mr. Baily, who is a man slightly below average height, with a full white beard, was attired in a black suit. MADMAN CREMATES FAMILY. Madison, Ind., Sept. 21.On Beatty Eidge, in Switzerland county, last night, George Ford, who is believed to be insane, cremated his wife and three children by setting fire to the house in which they were asleep. All four per ished in the flames. DECAPITATED IN AN EXPLOSION Two Killed and Several Injured in Boiler Accident on the Highway. Special to The Journal. New Market, Minn., Sept. men were dismembered and killed by the explosion of a engine toiler on the highway two and one-half miles east of this place at sun set last night. Another man will lose his sight ffom fearful scalds about the head and face. Three others have injuries, principally scalds, and two horses were killed. The dead men are Ole Hagen, a farmer and owner of the engine, and Andrew Gilbertson, who was working for Hagen. Hagen was decapitated and his trunk horribly mangled. He was married and had a family of five, his age being about 40. Gilbertson was 45 and single. Andrew Cryer is the name of a farm er who will lose his sight. Oscar Tour son, another farmer, was seated in a buggy behind the threshing rig. and was badly scalded. His horse was killed and his puggy smashed to pieces. It is difficult to understand how he escaped alive. George Gilbertson, son of Louis Gil bertson, was also scalded, but not se riously hurt. The tank tender, whose name is not known, was blown fifteen or twenty feet and seriously mjurea by the shock. All the living are expected to recover. The engine was being taken under its own steam to a near-by farm, where it was to drive the machinery of a corn shredder. It was of sixteen horsepower and had been in use many, years. The force of the explosion seemed to blow out both ends of the boiler. Steam escaped in all directions and pieces of the boiler and machinery were found in fields rods away. 21.Two instantly threshing RECOGNITION HINT FROM ROOSEYELT President's Request of Report on Scandia's Situation Points to Action Soon. By W. W. Jermane. Washington, Sept. 21.At President Boosevelt"s request a full telegraphic statement the situation between the governmentsf of Sweden and Norway is eing 'prepared in Stockholm. I is believed in Washington that President Eoosevelt's request is pre liminary to his taking up the question of recognition by this country of the new government of Norway. A request for such recognition is expected to reach Washington very quickly after the details of an agree ment between the two countries have been agreed to.' I is predicted here that recognition by the United States will come practi cally at the same time with that by other powers. SOCIALISTS WOULD STRIKE Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 21.The Tidningen prints a private letter from Christiania, in which it is said that the Norwegian government has sent sixty cannon south by rail. Owing to the circulation of mobilization sum mons, many stores in Christiania have been closed, all the employees having rallied to the colors. The Swedish socialist party passed a resolution last night to declare a gen eral strike, should war be declared, and also to refuse to take up arms. 1 ROOSEVELT WILL RETURN CASH TO CORPORATIONS PREFERRED DEATH TO THIEFS BRAND Ella Kent Browns Herself Way to Be Tried for Petit Larceny. Was Arraigned Yesterday. Ella Kent was brought into police court yesterday charged with stealing a shirt and some other small articles from Anna Berg, with whom she roomed at 628 Fifth street S. She was "arraigned in court and was allowed to go on her personal recognizance until tnis morning. She was on her way to court when she was seized with the suicide mania and in her despair sought the river. The girl was poverty stricken, had no friends and but 4 cents in money. She was so frightened in court yester day that she nearly fainted and told Matron Schaeffer at Central station that she would rather die than to have her name published as that of a com mon thief. The girl had no relatives in the city and has always worked as a domestic in boarding-houses. The body is still at the morgue and will be kept until relatives make arrangements for bur ial. PACKERS' REBATES COST BIG FINES Four Officials of S. & S. Company Must Pay $25,000 for Offenses. Chicago, Sept. 21.Four officials of the Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Pack ing company of Chicago, were fined an aggregate of $25,000 by Judge Hum phrey in the United States district court here today. The fines followed a plea of guilty to indictments charging conspiracy to accept railroad rebates. The defendants were Samuel Weil of New York, vice president of the com pany B. S. Cusey, traffic manager Vance D. Skipworth and Chess E. Todd, assistant traffic manager. Mr. Weil was fined $10,000, the other three $5,000 each. Life in Jeopardy. With the entering of the plea the declaration was made that un'less at least one of the cases is immediately settled, the life of Sampel Weil, who is vice president of the company and is one of the defendants, is in jeop ardy. He is said to be a nervous wreck and fears were entertained for his life if he had been allowed to continue uh der the stigma of an indictment. The plea was entered, it is declared, after a complete understanding had been reached between counsel tor the defendants and Attorney General Wil liam H. Moody. While in* Chicago the attorney general was apprised of the condition of Vice President Weil a'tfd, it is said, agreed to the entry of a plea of guilty with the understanding that the jail provision of the law under which the indictment was returned should be waived and merely a fiWe im- Jn osed mm- **M B|*Mh Attorneys X. K. ss^s^*******^^ and J. Hwnete, The same concession was made the case of the other three defend ants. Why They Were Fined. The, four defendants were charged with unlawfully combining and agree ing to solicit rebates for The Schwarz child & Sulzberger company from the Michigan Central, the Eock Island, the Gran a Trunk Western, the Lehigh Val ley, the Boston & Maine, and the Mo bile & Ohio. Charges were made that the defendants conspired with each other in presenting supposed claims for damages which were in reality claims for rebates. The plea made today (Thursday) does not in any way effect the charge of in* terference wini government witnesses made in a previous indictment re turned against Cusey and other Schwarzchild & Sulzberger men. The four defendants were in the fed eral court building and all but Weil ap peared, before Judge They A We 1keedfflte*niedTrjrHumphrey. Atfm&jr^Wm-- AIE, TONiaHT AND FBZDAT OOOLEB TONIGHT. 1 $ on Waded Into River and Died in Plain Sight of Many People on Shore. With no money or friends to help her in her distress, and a charge of theft standing against her in the courts, Ella Kent, 20 years oid, walked into the Mississippi river near Central avenue this forenoon rather than face the verdict of guilty which she feared would be her fate. The girl sought her death near the east bank of Nicollet island and almost under the stone arch bridge. Pedestrians on the bridge and work men in the island factories saw the young woman remove her hat at the water's edge and wade out toward the current. All were willing to sound the alarm for the police, but no one so much as wet his feet in an attempt to save the crazed girl's life, altho the water was but four feet deep where she went down. She struggled weakly in the water for a moment and then ..sank from sight. One man, employed by the city on street work, ran to the river's edge with a stick, which he reached out to her, but it was too short and he did not wade out to place it within her reach. In a few moments the police were on the scene with the patrol boat and the rescue work began. After a short search the body was taken from the water a few feet from shore. In the crowd of spectators were many women and several of these, seized with hysterics, immediately identified the dead woman as some par ticular friend. Later they all re tracted their identifications. The body was removed to the morgue, where the proper identification was made. When the body was first taken from the river a card was found which bore the name of Miss Jennie Dixon, 412^ Seventh avenue S, and it was at first thought that it was Miss Dixon who was drowned. Miss Dixon, however, came to the morgue and said she did not know the girl, nor could she ac count for her having the card. Beginning October 1 There will he a re Morning Bdi The Journal? egnlar St ition of 16 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK. Sunday Ul~Z. ""f^. SECRET COUNCIL AT OYSTER BAY President and Chief Adviser* Take Up Insurance Scandal in Night Meeting. POLICYHOLDERS WILL GET THE MONEY BACK Fat-Frying for Campaign Funds to Stop if President Has His Way. New York Sun Special Service. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 21.As the result of a conference being held last night at Sagamore Hill between Presi' dent Eoosevelt, Secretary of State Boot, Postmaster General Cortelyou, Senator Lodge and Joseph H. Choate, former ambassador to Great Britain, plans were laid for the elimination of contribu tions to future national campaign funds by all corporations affected by national legislation. There is a further authoritative ru mor that President Eoosevelt insisted last night upon the return of all ean paign contributions made by life in surance companies to the last repub lican national campaign committee and that his wishes will be carried out. These radical and far-reaching meas uresthe most momentous in the his tory of the Eoosevelt administration have been determined upon by the pres ident, following the disclosures of enor mous contributions of policyholders' money toward the Eoosevelt campaign, as disclosed by various newspapers and brought out at the sessions of the life insurance investigating committee at New York. Nightly Conferences. Ever since the investigation began, Postmaster General Cortelyou, who was chairman of the republican national committee, has been stopping at Hunt ington, almost within a stone's throw of Sagamore Hill, and almost nightly conferences have taken place in the president's library. At these secret conferences the grad ual unravelling by the investigating committee of the_ mysteries of the enormous political interests of the life companies have been followed step by step until radical measures were de-' termined upon to forestall further dis closures that might involve the admin istration in a scandal of dangerous pro portions. Roosevelfa' Closest Friends. Last night's conference is one tff the most important ever held at the president's summer home. The confer ence included the four men considered the closest and most influential friends of the president. Senator Lodge has long been known as the president's po litical adviser. Postmaster General Cortelyou's pres ence at the conference as chairman of the republican national campaign conv^ mittee can be easily understood. Secretary Boot has a most extent sive knowledge of the inner workings of the great insurance companies, prob* ably greater than any other member ot the administration, while Mr. Choate' knowledge of the legal means of carry ing reform measures of such sweeping and radical nature as conceived by the president, is well known. Came Almost Secretly. These men came here quietlyalmost secretlylate in the afternoon. Secretary Boot, Mr. Choate and Mr. Lodge arrived together, getting into Sagamore Hill at dusk. Their names had not been made public at the ex -ecutive office, where callers are usu ally announced beforehand. They re fused to be interviewed, stating that they themselves did not know the pur port ftf their visit to the president. They were driven at once to Sagamore Hill, where they were met later by Postmaster General Cortelyou, who drove over from Huntington, where his presence was not even suspected by resideots of Oyster Bay. Sensation Forthcoming. The details are kept absolutely se cret, but it is known positively that that part of the president's forthcom ing message to congress dealing with campaign contributions will furnish a sensational chapter of the president's views on corporation contributions to national campaigns. He will recommend that legislation be enacted prohibiting the acceptance by national campaign* committees jt any political party of contributions from any corporation affected in any way by congressional action. This will apply only to life insurance companies, but it is known that the de termination of the president to bring about this revolutionary precedent was dictated by revelations in the life in surance scandals which have already directly connected the New York Life Insurance oompatijy wit campaign1 McCALL ACCUSES PABKEB New York Life's Head Says Judge Sought Campaign Funds. New York, Sept. 21.Political con tributions of the New York Life Insur ance company were the points around which the hearing before the legislative insurance investigation turned yester day afternoon. President John A. McCall of the New York Life Insurance company was the ehief witness, and for several hours he was subjected to a fire of questions by ChaflesTl. Hughes, counsel for the com- 4 Contbrbed on %l Pace, 6th Column, JSJB* -=S i iO committee'sh stronrepublicatnxbogeth the extent of more than $48,000. To Return Contribution. If the president's wishes are carried out the entire amount of this contribu tion will be handed back to the treas urer of the New York Life, together with whatever contributions, if any, were made to the republican committee by other life insurance companies dur ing the last campaign. -*."i The revelations made by George W. Perkins last week, taken in connection with the charges made last year by Al ton B. Parker concerning Chairman Cortelyou's levying of campaign assess ments* upon corporations, nave stirred the president to immediate action and tonight's conference is the result. The result of the conference, it is be lieved, will cause a political sensation that will be felt from one end of the country to the other. 3 1