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"RULER OF SKY"
MAKES THREAT TO
DESTROY AIRSHIP
SUPPOSED CRANK DEMANDS
TRIBUTE OF MONEY
"LAST NOTICE" SENT—POLICE
ARE INFORMED
Officers of American Aerial and Navi.l
gation Company Receive Se
ries of Mysterious
Messages
PROCLAIMING himself the god of
the air and the ruler of the sky,
a stranger has been sending no
tices to the officers of the American
Aerial Advertising and Navigation com
pany that they must pay tribute be
fore sending up one of their dirigibles,
as planned next month, or the airship
will be destroyed in midair. Several of
these notices have been delivered at the
offices of the company In the Citizens
National Bank building and at a store
room In the Bradbury block, where the
corporation Is making a demonstration
of one of Its patents. One marked
"last notice," which was left at the lat
ter place yesterday forenoon, was
turned over to the police.
The company recently purchased the
aerial propeller patents of W. A. Hall
of Los Angeles and constructed a mini
ature airship showing his adaptation
of a universal propeller. The demon
strations which have been made with
the model evidently attracted the at
tention of a crank, who called at the
company's office and served notice on
the stenographer that the company
must inventory Its holdings and pay
him a sum equal to 10 per cent of the
total. He was directed to the demon
stration office on Third and Broadway,
where he delivered his ultimatum to C.
~E. Barber, secretary of the company.
Says He Is God of Air
"I am" the god of the air," he said,
"and If you are going to use my air you
must pay for it. Ten per cent of what
you have is the price, which is reason
able enough. If you do not pay be
fore you send up your airship 1 shall
certainly deßtroy It. Tou need not fear
that I cannot do this, because I am
responsible for the destruction of San
Francisco. I went to ten representative
men of that city and told them that
they must pay 10 per cent of their
riches. They all refused, and you know
the result."
"The man named over eight or ten
other disasters he said could be attrib
uted to him," Bald Mr. Barber. "I did
not pay much attention to him at the
time, and he went away, but has since
•sent us other notices, ending up with
one marked 'the last.* He Is fairly well
dressed and intelligent appearing, and
his manner outside of bis wild state
ments appeared quite rational. Next
time he comes I think I shall tell him
we have no objection to paying for the
nlr If he will put a meter on so that
we are not charged up for a lot we
don't use."
Moore Not Worried
James Moore, president of the com
pany, who Ih to make the airship flight,
did not seem worried over the possi
bility of being blown up while in the
»»lr, but other directors of the company
were concerned for fear a lunatic
might make up hiH mind to take a shot
at the airship. Mr. Moore, who is an
experienced aeronaut and built both the
largo airships owned by the, American
Aerial Navigation company, had a
thrilling experience at Memphis, Term.,
last year, when a drunken man took a
fancy to shoot his airship full of holes.
He proposes to go nhead with the com
pany's program and make the airship
flights over Los Angeles a» soon as the
dirigible can be equipped with the new
propeller devices.
"I believe this has a serious side; an
Insane man might easily cause a great
deal of trouble," Bald W. A. Hall yes
terday. "I shall not be easy until I find
out for sure that this fallow Is harm
less. While he might station himself
where he could shoot up the airship
without causing Injury that way, a shot
that would disable the aeronaut and
cause him to fall might mean his
death."
The company's airships are In gen
eral form similar to the one which Roy
Knabenshue has been flying from
Chutes park. An ordinary bullet hole
In the envelope would prevent the
aeronaut from making a safe landing,
and this would be possible even though
the engine were hit and disabled.
LEGISLATION THAT MEANT
WELL STRIKES HARD SNAG
Attempts to Punish Those Who Har.
bor Allen Women for Immoral
purposes Abandoned
WASHINGTON, April 16.—Further
attempts on the part of congress to
regulate the white slave trade by pun
ishing persons guilty of harboring an
alien woman for Immoral purposes
have been abandoned In view of a re
cent decision of the supreme court, de
claring unconstitutional a portion of
the Immigration act of 1907, relating
to this subject.
"When we put the provision in the
law against the harboring of such per
sons," Representative Bennett of New
York said today, "we recognized that
It would probably be declared uncon
stitutional. But we wanted to leave no
stone unturneS to suppress the traffic.
With that object In view, we had the
department of Justice draft a clause
which might be constitutional, but
which did not prove to be."
Oil Trust Will Pay Fine
AUSTIN, Tex., April 16.—The man
date from the United States supreme
court arrived here today, ending the
long litigation between the state of
Texas and the Waters-Pierce OH com
-pany in favor of the state, the com
pany being denied a rehearing in the
ouster and penalty suits. The fine and
accruing penalties total nearly $2,000,
--000. It Is announced the corporation
officials Intend paying the entire
amount In cash.
Indians Slowly Starving
TORONTO, April 16. —A special from
Edmenton, Alberta, say*: Reports
from Fort Chlppewa state as a result
of the failure of the fur crop the In-,
dlans are slowly -starving to death.
Many are mere skeletons and are lying
huddled together in the tepees.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
ARMY MULE HAS BIG
CORPORATION NAMED
FOR HIM, TO SELL HIM
SAUNAS, Cal., April 16.—The far
famed army mule han achleTed the •!!»
tlnctlou of liavlnK a bi« corporation
named after him, It bclnc- the plan of a
company to mine these long-eared beast»
of burden on a wholesale iicale, and sup
ply the arnileH of the world.
' Th« Incorporation of » the Monterey
Mule company, was Bled In Salinas today.
The concern nan m capital *tock of »80,
--000 and own* 4000 acre* of ranch ranee
; land In | the vicinity of: Arroyo Beco, on
which a gigantic mule farm will be con
ducted. . /"
The company will raise mules for the
general market and expects to fill or
ders for the armies of the United States
and foreign powers.
Four prominent county officials are In
terested In the enterprise. They an
County Clerk T. T. Joy, Deputy Clerk W.
J. Greer, Assewior W. J. Smith and Dis
trict Attorney J. A. Banlln.
WIFE GIVEN DIVORCE;
MOTHER-IN-LAW SLAIN
Oklahoman Shoots Two Women and Is
Seriously Wounded by the Hus
band of One of His
Victims
McALESTER, Okla., April 16.—Mike
Zanona shot and killed his mother-in
law, Mrs. William Doss, and his sister
in-law. Miss Willie Doss, at Hartshorne
late today.
Within a few minutes he was Bhot in
the neck and seriously wounded by his
father-in-law, William Doss.
Zanona and his wife separated a year
ago, and a short time ago Mrs. Zanona
was given a divorce and custody of
their child. Zanona then made threats,
even against the jujlge. Thi^s afternoon
Zanona entered the Doss home and shot
down the two women.
He then started around the house
with his child and two small children
of the Doss family.
Neighbors had telephoned the author
ities, and when Constable Whiting ar
rived Zanona shot at him. The fire
was returned, the constable shooting
high on account of the children. Doss
then shot.
A mob formed quickly, but Zanona
was hurried out of town.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
WHILE MOTHER FED HENS
Two Little Ones Are Rescued, but
Third One Is So Seriously In.
Jured It Died
STOCKTON, April 16.—The 7-month
old child of Joseph Franseella, the fore
man on the Schuler, Brueck-Haight
ranch near Escalon In the southeastern
part of the county, was burned to death
this morning. The mother left three
children In the house while feeding
the chickens and soon noticed the
house was on fire. She rescued two of
the children and managed to get the
baby out, but it died late today.
Is Tarred and Feathered
LINTON, N. IX, April 16.— J. Bler
man of Strasburg, N. D., was tarred
and feathered and about to be hanged
tonight when he was rescued by the
sheriff. Blorrnan is accused of having
attacked a 9-year-old girl. He was hur
ried to the Llnton Jail In his coat of
tar and feathers.
THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity:
Cloudy, unsettled ■ weather Saturday;
possibly light showers; • light east
wind. Maximum temperature yester
day, 66 degrees; minimum, 54 degrees.
' LOCAL .: , ■■„
Saloon keeper believed to have told grand
Jury of Kraft. ''. :-- t '., .;,; , '-....-■ i'; 'i ■ -.V<.»
' Crunk threatens to destroy airship unless paid
tribute of money. J :
Rescue party arrives at Pasadena with bal
loon America In good condition. .. ,■■!. '„.,
' AUegel pickpocket arrested In Pasadena' be
lieved to be wanted In New , York ,on murder
charge. ■;, : ' ■_: ...,■, ..,' i:■ ';
Agreement reached by which' troubles' In
court of t wealthy pioneer are ended.: ; ,v.- ■
s Wife of proprietor of Hotel Gondolier, Venice,
In suit for separate maintenance, charges hus
band struck and pinched her. > ,>_._ . ,
Chinatown squad '•, breaks ] down < heavy doors
in raid on gambling house. i. • -.-■ :^; ■ '
'■■'. Woman I who barely \ escaped ■ Incineration jat
hands of husband given divorce. ?j>
New factory opened to manufacture airships.
i Two email children start to walk to Topeka,
Kas. •;'•,•..,'.;.%. ■s::'--,:'. >:•■/•: -}TM'i'h'-'■''■'*■■:'<<,
*'Salesman falls under street car; arm badly
crushed. ■; . ,".->,; • feSf«s^f'»?jrfeli§''VflV'™Sß'4Bf
Klbert Hubbard delivers lecture in which he
derides - the legal. profession.," ;-f: ' .: . .
;. -...'./-.S ' ..: ',COAST';-.'
'. Bulls In board of trade In Chicago seem toV>e
benefited by rise In wheat made possible ( by
manipulations of Operator Patten. ;" ■:,' I■
ij Man from Drayton, Cal.. goes to Chicago and
creates real surprise because of keeping pledge
seventy-live years. " , » „* . •
% Negroes J enter into pact to. commit suicide
and three narrowly escape death from strych
nine t poisoning. <V!> :^ !;■-;— «■ '>'.'"■■'."■■ •''^y ":; :'■*■
il Los Angeles may soon be In position to talk
to towns In Arizona. & . I; :,■,., ' -
V Joseph Sis"said'(by iWashlngtontans to have
created the only successful wheat comer. ? : ,' ; *
Wealthy Oklahoman *is shot' to death at his
desk by assassin who escaped. ,;?*•*/' ' ' ■,' ■■"' ■
•1..: .. ".. ■; ' ■ „ •'' EASTERN-••/ :: :
Former attorney ;• for , Abraham Ruef Is: ac
quitted of alleged - bribery by a Jury at Ban
Francisco. -„.;.. .:•:,;.. ;'-■■;-,• i •■/-. ■->:; •,
V Supervisor who ' was with ' Bchmltx adminis
tration 'at " Ban Francisco Is on wltneu stand
In Calhoun trial and is grilled by attorney for
defense.",_ f'/i r^.v':_.':->: >.^-;; ;-'-,^-i; ■ >•..■.■"»,;-!.;•.;:-?;
Wireless - telegraph >Is used ; by.; Japanese
steamer morn , than 1000 . miles from | coast In
which: Japanese I government Ila communicated
with. \ ! ,v, ./■■;; •■, ■:, -;.;,; ■: ■■" ,
■-'.•'■ . '■','■ -i ■. FOBKIUM ]'{_ ,;.'. : :..:;-J.
Two "Americans reported killed' In the anti-
American outbreak la AjUUo Turkey, ( . I
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1909.
SALOON KEEPER
MAY TELL SOME
TALES OF GRAFT
GRAND JURY HAS SESSION
WITH AIKMAN ■
BELIEVED TO HAVE CORROBO.
RATED OTHER TESTIMONY
Indictments Expected When Inquisi
tors Meet First of Next Week,
One "Higher-Up" May
Escape
THE most Important witness to come
before the special grand jury since
Nick Oswald concluded his testi
mony appeared at the beginning of the
afternoon session yesterday in the per
son of Alex Alkman, a saloon keeper
at 1134 East First street.
Aikman Is the man, it Is understood,
for whom the grand Jury has been
searching with Diogenes-ltke persist
ency—a missing link through whom it
was possible to corroborate stories al
ready told in the Jury room.
The manner in which Aikman was
discovered is not known outside thf
secret chamber, but the Inadvertent
mention of his name by a witness Is
believed to have been sufficient to
cause the Jurors to grasp at this straw
in the Hea of uncertainty to find a life
raft instead.
The Jury adjourned at 4 o'clock to
meet again Monday. The sessions will
end and the final report should be
handed to Judge James by midweek,
and if Indictments are to be returned
they probably will be taken Into court
either Monday or Tuesday.
Indictments Expected
Indications are that one and prob
ably tw 0 Indictments will be returned,
and that one person whose name has
been prominently mentioned In con
nection with vice protection charges
has been eliminated on account of cer
tain provisions of the law.
Five witnesses were examined during
the short session yesterday. They were
Miss Susanna Dean, Iw3 East Twenty
eighth street, a former clerk in the
Commercial National bank; Herbert Q.
Hall of the United States National
bank, recalled; Herbert D. Kennedy,
secretary to former Mayor Harper dur
ing the latter's administration; J. Kelly
of the Farmers and Merchants' bank,
and Alex Aikman, a saloon keeper.
Aikman entered the grand jury room
at 2:15 o'clock after spending an hour
and a half In conference with Chief
Elective Browne. He remained in the
Jury room until adjournment. The na
ture of his testimony was not revealed,
but everything indicated that he gave
the Jury important information, and it
was not denied that his story corrob
orated many of the statements made
by other witnesses, a corroboration
which the jury believes Is absolutely
necessary before Indictments can be
prepared or a satisfactory showing
made in the final report of their work.
LOS ANGELES MAY SOON
TALK TO ARIZONA TOWNS
Yuma to Grant Franchise at Special
Session of Supervisors to Be
Held This Week
TUMA, Ariz., April 16.—A telephone
franchise, covering a system which
connects Yuma and Parker with Pres
cott, Phoenix, Tucboh, Klngman.
Needles, San Bernardino and Los An
geles, will be asked from the board of
supervisors at a special session the
coming week. Within thirty days con
struction work will be in operation be
tween San Bernardino and Needles,
thence to Yuma via Parker as rapidly
as it Is possible to progress. The
petition also asks for rights to cover
Parker streets and to establish branch
lines to all the mining camps in Yuma
county. This franchise will undoubt
edly be granted, as It furnishes im
portant long-distance connections in a
territory not previously covered.
JOY RIDERS MEET DEATH IN
CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK
Automobile Bumps Into Tree, Killing
One and Injuring Three.
Speed Too Great
NEW YORK, April 16.—An automo
bile ride of four young men ended In
death for one of them and fatal in
jury to another when a touring car in
which they were driving at a terrific
speed crashed into a tree at Central
park at dawn.
Matthew Camp, an employe of the
Moot Automobile company, who was
acting as chauffeur, was crushed to
death and Joseph Fogarty was thrown
on his head on a concrete walk ad
joining the driveway and fatally in
jured. Ernest Freyer had his right leg
fractured.
WEALTHY OKLAHOMAN SHOT
TO DEATH AT HIS DESK
John Bullette, Big Land Owner, Soon
to Be Married, Is Victim
of Assassination
CLAREMORE, Okla., April 16.—John
Bullette, a wealthy Indian land owner,
widely known throughout Oklahoma,
Texas and Old Mexico, was assassin
ated while sitting at his desk in his
office here last night. The assassin
escaped.
Bullette was to have been married In
the near future to Miss Pearl Eddle
inan, clerk In the government Indian
agency at Muskogee.
No motive is known for the crime.
The shots that killed Bullette were
fired through a window.
Noted Musician Is Dead
i BOSTON, April 16.—Fred •R. ! Comee.
55 years old, assistant manager of the
Boston f Symphony * orchestra and I well
known "In * the: musical ; world, }is > dead,
aged 65 years. .; ■.;:• ■ •-I
Women Who Are Identified with Order
of the Daughters of American Revolution
MRS. MATTHEW SCOTT
BULLS HAVE ALL
THE BEST Of IT
FOREIGN ADVICES SUSTAIN
THE HIGH MARKET
Market Broke Sharply Toward End of
First Hour, but Rallied Toward
the Close—Other
Cereals
(By Associated Press.]
CHICAGO, April 16.—The wheat
market -was an extremely choppy Wf
falr during the early part of the ses
sion, but during the final hour senti
ment crystallized into decided bullish
ness, brought about chiefly by heavy
purchases of the July option. Trade
In May was brisk at the outset, lead
ing longs being free sellers. Later,
however, this option was neglected In
favor of the more deferred futures.
Pit sentiment today was created prin
cipally by foreign advices. Official
statistics indicated that the wheat
movement this week from Argentina
and Australia was at a low ebb, the
exports from the former country being
2,344,000 bushels, compared with 3,728,
--000 bushels the corresponding time a
year ago.
This was generally considered a sure
Indication that weekly statistics next
Monday would reveal a marked falling
off in the world's movement and in the
amount on passage. A message from
Duluth claiming that the break in
prices yesterday at Winnipeg had re
sulted in sales there of thirty-two boat
loads of Manitoba wheat for export
also inspired additional bullish feel
ing.
Sales of Wheat Limited
Sales of cash wheat were limited, but
the southwest reported continued brisk
demand, with prices about at the high
point of the year. After pursuing the
uneventful course compared with the
turbulent scenes of the previous ses
sion, the market broke sharply toward
the end of the first hour on liberal
profit-taking in May. The price of
that option dropped from $1.27 5-8 to
$1.25 1-2 In a short space of time,
while July sold off more than one cent,
declining from $1.16 7-8 to $I.X 6-8.
Leading bulls promptly came to the
support of the July option and the
price of that month quickly rallied,
but May was less buoyant. The top
for July was reached at $1.17 1-8 and
closed at $1.17, while May finished at
$127 1-8. September sold between
$1.06 1-8 and $1.07 1-4, and closed at
$1.07 1-8.
Corn regained all of the loss sus
tained in the slump of the previous
session and the May delivery ad
vanced to a new high point for the
crop, sales being made at 69 l-2c.
During the day May sold between
68 5-8 c and 69 l-2c, and closed at
69 3-8 c and 69 l-2e, a gain of l-4c and
3-8 c compared with the previous close.
The feature of trade in oats was
active buying of September delivery
based on delay to seeding by wet
weather. That option showed a net
gain for the day of 1 3-Bc. The market
in general was strong all day. Buying
of lard and ribs caused moderate
strength In provisions. The upturn in
the price of coarse grain also had a
bullish effect and the close was un
changed to 7 l-2c higher.
STOOPS TO SAVE nOLL
FROM WATER AND FINDS
BODY OF HIS DAUGHTER
KVKKKTT, Wash., April 18.—On his
way home, George Clark, a blacksmith at
Woodlnvllle, near here, last night saw
floating on the surface of a pool near bis
shop strands of what he believed tn be
the hair of a doll. Stopping to pick it
out of the water, Clark wan horrified to
drag his own little daughter, five years
old. Where the child was drowned is
only a yard or so wide and about as
deep.
GIVES CHICAGO
REAL SURPRISE
OLD CITIZEN KEEPS PLEDGE
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS
To Get Right Kind of Prohibitionist,
However, He Believes It Neces.
■ary to Go Back Two
Hundred Years
[By Associated Press.J
CHICAGO, April 16.—The eponym of
the far-famed Clark street Is In town.
He Is William, O. Clark of Drytown,
Amador county, Cal., Is the oldest Pro
hibitionist on earth, being 92 years old,
has not had a drink of intoxicating
liquor In seventy-five years, and after
a trip up and down his former favorite
thoroughfare remarked that "now It
seems to be pretty well Irrigated."
Mr. Clark is visiting his only son, H.
O. Clark. He says this is the first time
he has seen Chicago since it was a vil
lage. His father, he declares, owned
the territory on both sides of what is
now downtown Clark street, but sold It
long before the big jump in land values
came.
At prohibition heaflquarters he said:
"I signed the pledge seventy-five year 3
ago and haven't let a drop pass my lips
from that time to this. I hadn't been
a drinker before that, mind you. I Just
signed up because that was the way my
folks had been doing for six or eight
generations. It's my experience that
in' order to get a real good prohibition
ist you've got to start 200 years back.
Get the right kind of ancestors and pos
terity will take care of itself."
Mr. Clark attended the meeting of the
grand lodge of the Order of Good Tem
plars In 1876 which resulted in the for
mation of the national Prohibition
party. He was chairman of the world's
temperance congress that met In Inde
pendence hall, Philadelphia, in 1876.
While he was not battling with "de
mon rum" Mr. Clark was fighting In
dians. He served in Capt. Sisson's com
pany, Illinois volunteers, in the Black
Hawk war, and today is the only sur
vivor of that organization which con
tained over 100 men. Twenty-four
years after the close of that war he
applied for a pension. It was granted
in May, 1906.
BRYAN NOT ANXIOUS TO GO
TO UNITED STATES SENATE
Commoner Says He Is Averse to Be.
coming Candidate for Toga,
but Will Accept
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 16.—
Asked today regarding a report that
he would be a candidate for United
States senator against J. B. Burkett of
Nebraska for re-election, W. J. Bryan
said:
"There Is no foundation for the re
port I have decided positively to en
ter the race, but I have expressed my
self as averse to becoming a candi-|
date. We have a number of excellent
Democrats who are worthy of the
place, and I would rather see one of
them elected than myself. I will not
say I will not under any circumstances
be selected, but I would prefer not to
be."
JOSEPH CREATED THE ONE
SUCCESSFUL WHEAT CORNER
WASHINGTON, April 16.—"The only
successful^ corner I ever heard of was
the one Joseph had In Biblical days,"
declared | Secretary; of Agriculture Wil
son when he was asked for an opinion
as to the Patten operations on the Chi
cago board of trade.■■•;.:■-. 1 - ■•",':, „ * : i
"To successfully corner the market,"
continued the secretary, "you have got
to ; keep buying, ? buying • and t> buying.
Finally the (time \ comes when you can
not buy any more, and then there la a
airmail."
OTVnT V^/^I>TT7"G • DAILY, iv; SUNDAY, Bo
SliVGJLrli Ll M. lhio. on trains. « cents
f
[Special to The Herald]
WASHINGTON, April 16.—There Is
much interest being taken in the
successor to Mrs. Donald Mc-
Lean, president general of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution, and
when the election takes place next
week it is believed that Mrs. McLean's
successor will either be Mrs. Matthew
Scott of Bloomington, 111., or Mrs. Wil
liam Cummings Story of New York
city. Mrs. McLean favors the candi
dacy of Mrs. Scott, but the delegates
of New York and vicinity will go to
the convention strong for Mrs. Story.
The convention will open in New
York Monday, April 19.
TWO AMERICANS
REPORTED KILLED
MOSLEM FANATICISM BREAKS
OUT AFRESH
Reports of Uprising in Asiatic Turkey
Are Many and Conflicting—Ameri
can Vice Consul Ordered
to Scene
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 18.—A m»s
■acre of Armenians has taken place at
Adana, Asiatic Turkey, and according to
the latest telegrams from Alerslna It to
otlll in progress. Soldiers, powerless to
control the situation, are Joining in the
pilage of the town. The fatalities are
said to be numerous. The riots begßn
last Wednesday. The town of Allan*
has been burned and many Christian*
have been killed. The Moslems, having
wrecked the town, are sold to have be
gun operations against the Christians in
the vilayet. The foreign consuls at Mer
slna have requested that warships b»
sent. No definite Information Is obtain
able as to the number of persons who
lost their lives, although one report says
•Ixty Armenians were massacred. Two
American missionaries are said to be
among the dead, but no names are given,
and the report w to these is not con
firmed.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 16.—In
formation received here today from
Adana in Asiatic Turkey declares that
two American missionaries have been
killed in the anti-Armenian outbreak
at that place.
The Moslem fanaticism against the
Christians at Adana is said to have
broken out afresh. Large numbers of
Christians are said to have been killed.
One report says that sixty Armenians
have lost their lives and that many
houses have been looted and burned.
There is no confirmation of the
deaths of the two American mission
aries. Their names are not given. The
British vice consul at Mersina has pro
ceeded to Adana. The first news of
this anti-Christian outbreak said the
scene was Mersina, but this was er
roneous. The trouble occurred at
Adana, which is about 36 miles inland
from Mersina.
The early reports were declared to
have been exaggerated and messages
received here yesterday evening said
that only ten Armenians had been
killed, that martial law had been pro
claimed at Adana and that reinforce
ments of tioops were being sent in
from Beiruth. This latest intelligence
refers to disorders that took place
after the situation was supposed to
have quieted down.
Ambassador Leishman has had no
direct news of the reported killing of
the two American missionaries. He
has instructed the American vice con
sul at Mersina, John Debbas, to pro
ceed immediately to Adana and report
on the situation. Railroad communica
tion between Mersina and Adana ap
pears to be interrupted. The Bible
house is also without direct informa
tion. The missionaries of the district
are at present attending a regular dis
trict meeting. They are Mr. and Mrs.
William Chambers, the Misses Webb,
Miss Wallis and Miss Borel. Mr.
Christy is at Tarsus.
Mrs. Chambers is a sister of Talcott
Williams of the Philadelphia Press.
The government has given assur
ances that it is doing its best to restore
order at Adana and to protect foreign
ers additional troops are being sent in.
AMERICAN MISSIONARIES
ARE STATIONED AT ADANA
Adana Is a station of the American
board of commissioners for foreign
missions, with a working force of ttve|
missionaries and thirty-two native!
workers; an out station of the Synod of;
the Reformed Presbyterian church in
North America, and a Bible depot and!
subagency of the American Bible so
ciety.
The American missionaries there!
under the control of the American j
board of foreign missions are the Key. |
William Chambers and wife and the
Misses Webb, two sisters.
Adana is a city of 45,000 people and
is the seat of government of the prov
ince of the same name. The people are
mostly Mohammedans, but there is a
considerable number of Christians, In
cluding Armenians arid a small Greek
community.
f^QcEXTS
INDICTMENT FOR
FRAUD IS FOUND
AGAINST CUDAHY
PACKING CO. IS ACCUSED OF
DEFRAUDING GOVERNMENT
IS CHARGED WITH VIOLATION OF
REVENUE LAWS
Nearly Seven Hundred Counts Carry
Fine of $1000 Each in Case of
Conviction —Packer Says
It Is a Fake
[By A.-soiialc': Press.]
11OPBKA, Km., April 16.—Charg«a
with defrauding the government
by violation! of the internal reve
nue laws, au Indictment was formally
returned against the Cudahy Packing
company of Kansas «'ity in the UniteJ
States district court here today. The
company is indicted on 695 counts. Tho
officers of the company will be sum
moned to appear In court and defend
the charges outlined in the indict
ment.
The grand jury was dismissed follow
ing the return of the Indictment.
Wholesale violations of the Internal
revenue laws is charged. The charge
is that the company has defrauded tho
government out of over $80,000 in reve
nues on oleomargarine. The maximum
line on each or the 695 counts is $1000,
making a total for which the company
is liable In the event of conviction of
nearly $700,000.
The revenue law provides that each
pound of uncolored oleomargarine must
bear a revenue stamp of a quarter of a,
cent, but that each pound to which col
oring matter has been added to give t
the appearance of butter a 10-cent
revenue stamp must be attached.
Defrauded Government in Large Sur. s
It is charged in the indictments that
the Cudahy company has sold the cdl
ored product under the quarter of \
cent tax, and consequently has defend
ed the government out of large sums.
Inspectors have been working upon
the case several months and have so
cured samples sold in towns and cities
from New York to Seattle and from
Duluth to Jacksonville. These were
forwarded to the government chemist,
who reported that every sample con
tained coloring matter, but this evi
dence was turned over to District At
torney Bone at Topcka, who submitted
the facts to the grand jury.
Every sample now in the hands of
the government experts bears the iden
tification mark of the inspector, who
purchased it, as well as the analysis
which shows that it contains coloring
matter.
It is claimed by the government offi
cials that the Cudahy company has
succeeded in monopolizing: the oleo
margarine market by selling the col
ored product and paying the tax on the
basis of uncolored, thereby saving a
difference of 9% cents a pound. This
means, it is claimed, that they wern
able to undersell other manufacturers
and control the market.
Civil Action, Too, Proposed
While this criminal action will bo
prosecuted. District Attorney Bone
says it does' not end the matter. Ha
will bring a civil action against the
company to have the plant and machin
ery used in the manufacture of oleo
margarine confiscated. This proceeding
will also be commenced in the federal
court. The oleomargarine manufactur
ing plant is connected with the Cudahy
Packing establishment in Kansas City,
Km.
H. J. Bone, United States District At
torney, said to a representative of tha
Associated Press this afternoon:
"The Cudahy cases have been com
pleted by the jury and indictments
found for violating the United States
revenue laws on 695 counts. The in
dictments will be reported soon after
court convenes this afternoon."
Cudahy Says It Is a Fake
OMAHA. Neb., April 16.—"There are
no such indictments. The story is a
fake," declared E. A. Cudahy to the
Associated Press today when his at
tention was called to the story from.
Topeka, alleging that the federal
grand jury had found true bills against
the Cudahy Packing company on
charges of violating the internal
revenue laws. With this sweeping de
nial Mr. Cudahy dismissed the matter.
JAPANESE SAILOR KILLED
WHILE RESISTING ARREST
Deserter from Steamship Chiyo Maru
Makes an Ugly Fight on Patrol.
man at San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.—An un
identified Japanese, 25 years old, said
to have been a deserter from the Jap
anese steamship Ohlyo Main, now In
port here, was shot and killed early
today on Second street near South
Park by Patrolman John Annear, who
was himself cut about the neck and
cheek by a knife in the hands of the
sailor.
According to the police of the south
ern station, to which Annear is at
tached, the officer was asked to arrest
the alleged deserter by Y. Matsumayo,
a messenger boy sent by First Officer
S. Togo of the Chiyo Maru in search
of the missing man. Annear said that
as he approached the delinquent sea
man the latter drew a knife and at
tacked him. Annear then shot him
through the head and breast. The
Japanese died on the way to the emer
gency hospital.
Annear's injuries are not serious.
Knows Nothing of Child
LOUISVILLE, April 16.—Mrs. M. W.
I Campbell, a sister of Mrs. Julia <'.
I Cabanne of St. Louis, whoso 7-year
i old grandson is reported kidnaped in
; St. Louis yesterday, said today Ad
i knew nothing of the whereabouts of
| the boy and the dispatch of the Asso-
I dated Press was the first information
I she had had that the boy was missing.
I Mrs. Campbell said she did not know
I where her sister was and that sha ha* I
I not heard from nor in several years.
Taft Returns to Capital
WASHINGTON, April 16.—President
Taft and his military aide, Captain
Butt, rteurned to Washington this
morning. Mrs. Taft remained in New
York for a brief visit.