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"BEFF BARONS"
ARE INDICTED
FOR CONSPIRACY
True Bills Returned Under Laws
of New Jersey Against
21 Packers
Culmination of Effort to Fix Re
sponsibility for the High
Price of Food
Beef Trust Members Under
Indictment for Conspiracy
Corporations
THE .VATIOXAI* PACKING CO3I
PAXY
ARMOUR & CO.
SWIFT Jk CO.
MORRIS & CO.
HAMMOND PACKING COMPANY
G. H. HAMMOND <fc CO.
Individuals
J. OGDEN ARMOtm
A. WATSOX ARMOUR
LOOS E. SWIFT
EDWARD F\ SWIFT
CHARLES H. SWIFT
EDWARD MORRIS
IRA S\ MORRIS
ARTHUR MEEKER
EDWARD TIL.DEX
I^. A. CARTON
THOMAS E. WILSON
THOMAS J. CONNORS
F. A. FOWLER
L. H. HEYMAX
JAMES E. RATHGATE JR.
GEORGE J. EDWARDS
FREDERICK B. COOPER
D. E. HARTWELL
HENRY B. DARLINGTON
A, A. FULLER
LEMUEL C. PATTERSON
XEW YORK. Feb. 25.— The "beef
trust" of the United States, embracing
six great packing companies and 21
packers, several of them multimillion
aires, was indicted by a grand jury in
Hudson county, X. J., today, charged
with conspiracy in limiting the supply
of meat and poultry.
The indictment is drawn under the
law of New Jersey, which provides,
upon conviction, a maximum penalty
of three years in the penitentiary, a
$1,000 line or both. The offense is ex
traditable, which means practically
that the meat barons either must suc
cessfully resist. extradition or come to
Jersey City for 1 trial.
WILL FORCE EXTRADITION
Pierre Garven, public prosecutor of
Hudson county, said tonight that he
would forthwith notify the defendants
of their indictment, and would be
ready to force extradition in each case
where the individual concerned is, not
willing to face trial.
Irs., X. Morris sent a lawyer to Jer
sey. City this week from Chicago to
inform Prosecutor Garven that he had
retired from the directorate of Morris
& Co.. but nevertheless he was indicted.
Cooper is the New Jersey manager
for Swift & Co.; Bathgate. Edwards,
Hartvrell. Darlington and Fuller are
said to be officers and eastern agents
of the National packing company,
while others named either are directors
or officers or former directors or of
ficers of the National packing com
pany. Capiases for the arrest of all
the defendants will be issued Im
mediately, and the grand jury will re
sume it« investigation next Wednesday.
The indictment, which bristles in its
arraignment of the men named, also re
fers to "divers others" as being respon
sible. These latter, however, are not
specified.
BACKBO.VE OF IXDISTRV .
Th* list of names represents the
backbone of the great packing industry
of the country, containing as it does
two Armours, three Swifts and two
Morrises, most of them residents of
Chicago.
Their Indictment brings to a climax
the first concerted effort in the east to
fix responsibility for the prevailing
hisrh price of food.
Jersey City, as a cold storage center,
where th<" packing companies of the
we?t maintain vast warehouses in
which thousands of pounds of meat and
poultry are stored, proved a fruitful
fourcc of investigation. More than a
month ago the inquiry by the grand
jury was started, cold storage plants
w<»r*> inspected, witnesses were exam
ined. Today the indictment was
landed up in the si/'ireme court before
Justices Blair and Carey. -
The proceedings were formal in the
rxtrerae and there was nothing dra
matic in the presentation of the docu
ment that will mean the trial by jury
of some of the most prominent men in
the L'nited States, charged in effect
with cheating the public. by manipu
lating the food supply through the me
dium of cold storage.
niARGES IX UVDICTMEXT
Of thin allejzpd manipulation the in
dictmrnt charges that the defendants
oonspired "within the jurisdiction of
this court • • • willfully, unlaw
fully and feloniously devising-, contriv
ing and intending for their own unjust.
«>xresslve. Immoral and unlawful profit
and gain, to injure, defraud, prejudice,
damage, cheat, impoverish and oppress
the public and the people by cornering
and limiting the necessary and reason
able puppls' of meats and poultry for
consumption by the public and the peo
ple of said city and said country, so as
to produce an artificial scarcity In the
supply of said meats and poultry, and
to greatly, excessively .and extortion
ntely enhance and increase the cost and
price thereof. " \ -. .
The indictment goes on to state that
mere driblets of the supply were put on
the market at stated intervals, small
quantities agreed upon by the defend
ants, thus to curtail and restrict the
supply "for the purpoae of fictitiously,
arbitrarily and unlawfully increasing
prices to the public"
Witnesses- Are Examined
rHICAGO, Feb. 25.— S«ven witnesses
appeared before the federal grand Jury
today in its investigation of the go
called beef trust. Among those on the
stand was Fred O. Cunningham, man
nger of the Fowler packing company of
Kansas City.* «; •-. - . ,
To Vlrtt San FranHieo
Without seeing: A. Andrews* ; Diamond
Palace would be like visitinj? Europe
without seeing Paris. It is the most
magnificent jewelry store inthe world.
Visitors welcome. 50 Kearny st. Open
gam to 5:30 p. m.- : Established 1850. •
TRY TO PASS CONFEDERATE BILL — Two
jwev* Henry Smith and Rafael Columbus, wfnt
inio'ttic •cmidy stnre-of Jl. S. Ixunax, 1176
MurWrt etrft.. yostcrday, and .'after making a
piircbane offered In payment, m,$T» Confederate
bill "Tb^y i'pt* talPti to \u25a0 th«! city prison and
booked for * ! public Institution.- \u25a0 ?
Offer Excuses for
American Husbands
BLAME THE
DAY'S RUSH
Women Explain the
Lack of Love's
Subtleties
• — -
•The proper condition for having 1
Ideal children denmndn a more romantic
relation tlinu exist* between American
banbnnda and vrlvc*. Every neiv play
on the horizon now Is trying to xolvc
the problem of romance In domestic
lift." — Jin. Will A. Maddern.
"EnKUnhmen are not better husbands.
The mere fact that the American
Tvomnn Is proKresntnK an iibe In gives
tbe amrwer to that. The American
men are no kocm! and so Indulgent that
I am afraid that they are In danger of
creating \u25a0 race of parasites/—M m.
Charles Sedgrrlck Aiken.
"I think It Is foolish to say that
women can't ran their organizations.
They are by no means ruled entirely
by their emotions.**— Miss Josephine
Crotrley.
MARY ASHE MILLER
The race ! question — uncolored — has
been recently the subject of some in
teresting observations — I wonder if it
would be disrespectful to call them
ruminations — by Gertrude Franklin
Atherton on the one hand and Lieuten
ant Colonel Charles Woodruff, U. S. A.,
on the other.
Mrs. Atherton has said," openly and
unashamedly, that she thinks English
men make better lovers and even hus
bands than do American men because
they take more pains to display the
subtleties of affection and thus retain
the love of their sweethearts and
wives.
It is possible that the solution of
this is to be found in Colonel Wood
ruff's new book, "Expansion of Race,"
when he says of American men: "Man,
being the struggling, fighting bread
winner, has been compelled to be selfish
in the interests of his family against
other families .and emotion has had
little place. By natural selection this
has survived as the male brain."
If all these things be really true, it
would seem that the man has been
too busy in this country fighting for
the luxuries of life for his family to
bestow a sufficiency of kind words on
his wife.
HOW THE ISSUE ARISES
It has been a question in his mind,
apparently, as to whether she would
rather have him spend an afternoon
consummating a ' business deal that
would insure her another limousine —
or its equivalent, according to taste —
or whether she would prefer that those
golden hours be occupied in making
himself actually and personally fasci
nating and entertaining to her. In
most instances he has' decided in favor
of the limousine day.
But has that been because he finds
business more amusing than making
love to his wife, or is it the result of
conditions and force of habit?
There are wheels within wheels in
the matter. Of the women, interviewed
on the subject' none seemed inclined
to delve deeply into it. They said
loyally that they preferred what they
had or else they declined to theorise.
AGREE WITH COLOXEIj :
Colonel Woodruff, questioned also
whether women are capable of con
ducting corporations or organizations
of any kind successfully because of
their excess of emotional and illogical
characteristics, mentioned the Woman's
Christian Temperance union as an ex
ample of a good- thing failing to at
tain its object through lack of a mas
culine brain to direct it.
There are many women throughout
the land who 1 will rise and not call
him blessed, but Lucia Chamberlain,
whose clever books have proved her
brain a keen and thoughtful member,
is not one of those inclined to take
issue with him.
As to the qualities of English^ and
American husbands, Miss Chamberlain
declared that, not having had either,
she knows nothing about them. .
THrXKS THEM UA'REASOXIXG
"I think women very seldom have
practical, reasoning brains," she said.
"They are not phlegmatic enough to
make very much of a success of unions
or corporations of any kind. This lack
of reason was proved in the matter of
the canteen law. It was all very fine
not to have any canteen, of course, but
they did not think further. They did
not realize that the men would go out
side to get what they wanted and that
COMMITTEE FOR
CARNIVAL NAMED
President of Santa Rosa Cham*
ber of Commerce Begins
Preparation for Festival
[Special DUpalch to The Call]
SANTA ROSA) Feb. 25. — At the meet
ing of the Santa Rosa chamber of com
merce last night President Ernest Ij.
Finley announced the carnival commit
tee of 1910 as follows:
John B. Overton, James H. Gray, D.
Harry Leppo, Charles A. Wright, "Jo
seph T. Grace, Milton Wasserman, Jo
seph H. Einhorn, Ira D. Pyle, Frank
Muther, Allen B. Leminon, Charles ,:O.
Dunbar, Charles C. Belden, Mrs. Luther
W. Burris, Mrs. John Elliott and Mrs.
John Votypka. . \~
The committee Is given full power^to
make all the arrangements for the rose
carnival, street fair and automobile
races which will be held here probably
M*y 4, 5 and 6.
The Sonoma County automobile asso
ciation, whose races were postponed
last fall owing to stormy weather, "will
be sponsor for ; the race meet on' the
Santa Rosa stock farni' track, which
was banked on the curves last fail es
pecially for racing; purposes.
PETITIONS IK BAKKHTTPTCy^-A petition to
declare ". the z Pacific pigment company of Oak
land an involuntary bankrupt t was filed yester
day by^e J. M. Finck company, H. Blrkett, 7
tbe . Pacific State* telephone \u25a0 company , and the
Henry Cowell lime'eompany. Sclig SchulberW,
a book seller whose business has been attached
by the sheriff, filed a voluntary; petition,; giv
ing his liabilities at $I,S id and assets at
$3,561. •/>>\u25a0.-:
THE SAN MHCISCO aCALI,. SATURDAY. IfEBIiOAB-Y 26. -1910.
Thinks Women in Public
Life Are a Necessity
Women in
public life are
a necessity for
certain altru
istic and ideal
istic influences.
'< They should
' T 1
.not be left
[entirely) to
\t hem selves,
' fro to ever —
, they are dan
gerous in
masses — they
are too ideal."
; — Lucia Chamberlain.
Miss Lucia Cham
berlain '
they would be led into saloons which
are much worse. Men are inclined to
give people — and particularly men- —
more of a chance than do women. They
have more of the give and play of the
machine in their natures — they are less
rigid than women. Women in public
life are a necessity, though, for cer
tain altruistic and idealistic influences.
They should not be left entirely to
themselves, however— mixing with
men Is much better. Men have a cer
tain ability for . directing which
women have not as a general; thing.
Of course, there are many, women who
are logical and keen minded, but they
are dangerous in masses— they are. too
ideal."
HER HUSBAXD SATISFACTORY
Mrs. Will A. Maddern, leader of the
dramatic section of the California
club, and couEin in law of Mrs. Minnie
Maddern Fiske, said that she was un
able to make any abstract declaration
regarding the qualities of English and
American husbands, as she has in her
own family an American husband born
of English parents who proves quite
satisfactory.
"I really do think, though," she went
on, "that the proper condition for hav
ing ideal children demands a more ro
mantic relation than exists between
American husbands and wives. There
should be involved more the response
of the whole woman.
"Every new play on the horizon now
is trying to solve the problem of
romance in domestic life. There is an
effort to bring back by reason -that
which formerly existed spontaneously.
I believe that the great play of the
future will be the one which portrays
romance established consciously in the
American domestic relations. • I do not
think that women's organizations need
to be disciplined— their ' habits of at
tention are much at fault. The balance
of affairs is to be gained through the
association of men and women, and
this should bring about reform and
better adjustment and modifications of
the faults of each."
LOYAL TO AMERICAXS .
Mrs. Charles Sedgwick Aiken, - who
writes short stories and plays of more
than passing interest under the name
of Ednah Robinson Aiken, said:.
"Englishmen are not better husbands.
The mere fact that the American
woman is progressing as she is gives
the answer to that. The" question of
lovers is different. I . think that the
leisure of the Englishman gives him
more time for subtlety, perhaps. Amer
ican men are so g^ood and so indulgent
that I am afraid that they are in dan
ger of creating a race of parasites.* As
to the matter of women's organizations,
I cann ot speak off hand. There are so
many sides to the question that it
would not be fair to women to answer
carelessly. They are only just emerg
ing, you must remember. Woman's
life is diffused and she is just begin
ning to specialize. Her conventional
life holds her back, too. Women are
just in the kindergarten of that now,
'and we will not begin to discuss it
until they reach the high schooL"
HER IDEAS OX HUSBANDS
Miss "Josephine Crowley, a leading
member: of the California club, con
fessed that her opinions aa to husbands
was entirely theoretical, but from ob
servation she^ could give American hus
bands the highest character.
"I do not think,'" she said, "that busi
ness has developed the American hus
band so that he is perfectly selfish.' I
do think he is '-' preferable, too, to an
English husband. -
"I think it is foolish to say that
women can't conduct their organiza
tions. They are by no means ruled en
tirely by their emotions. Perhaps what
Colonel Woodruff says about the Wom
an's Christian Temperance , Union is
true — I don't know very much about
them, but I suppose they must do some
good as all good women do."
SAUNDERS IS HELD
GUILTY OF ARSON
Jury Returns Verdict That May
Involve Imprisonment for ,
Fifty Years
A verdict/" of guilty .of arson in the
first degree was returned by the jury
In Judge Cabaniss* - court that tried
Thomas Elliott Saunders, accused" of
having fired St. Luke's hospital .early
the morning of November' lS. A recom
mendation of mercy was attached' to
the verdict. The extreme penalty^ for
arson in the first degree is flftyyears'
imprisonment.
•Assistant District" Attorney James F.
Brennan argued the case in behalf -of
the people, and Attorneys Clarence At
wood and C. A. Strong for' Saunders.
The defense was that the flre was an
accident,, and that^there; was h° testi
mony .to connect Saunders .with J It.
. The case for, the. -prosecution v was
purely circumstantial.?:* Two -days -be
fore; the , fire Saunders 4 was; discharged
from his employment ; as- porter ; at the
hospital, : and .the^ theory.; presented to
the jury , was that he started the blaze,
endangering 'the ,v lives it of . ; the l many
patients and employes, Cin revenge; for!
his .dismissal. "TheY evidence;, showed
that he had : been- hanging ;around; the
place ever since heT was 4 discharged;
uttering, vague threats about; something
that; would ;. appear .? in - the ; newspapers.
When arrested ' he 'made, contradictory
statements, v • v, .\u25a0 > \u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'%,\u25a0. \u25a0.'':'\u25a0, ' ,\'..
did j notitestify in his own
defense.; v Notice;, of. > appeal ; ;was , given
by: Saunders'^ attorneys. i Sentence! will
be ; Imposed* Tuesday.
COURTS IN CLASH
WITH CONGRESS
Question of Jurisdiction to Be
Settled by District Supreme
Tribunal ~
Three United States Senators
in Danger of Being Ad=
judged in Contempt
. \u25a0WASHINGTON, Feb. -25.— The, f?reat
question of the, authority of one branch
of the. government' over, another, was
argued today inthe supreme court of
the district of Columbia with prere
dents dating from the days of Chief
Justice Marshall.:
The mere mandamus proceedings of
the Valley paper company of Holyoke,
Mass., against the joint 'congressional
committee on printing evolved into a
contest of authority between the courts
and congress, 'and the foundations
were laid in a case as historic as any
in the annals of the judiciary. '\u25a0'-\u25a0' -.
Whether the printing committee can
be compelled by a court to rescind. its
action on purchases of paper for the
public printing and take into consider
ation the bid of the Valley paper, com
pany :is the immediate question.
Whether congress and its members, in
their official capacity and clothed with
constitutional immunity, are amenable
to the law will be the ultimate one,
counsel on each side is ready to admit.
Today senators of the printing com
mittee continued In! their attitude , to
Ignore the summons of the ; court on the
ground that it was without jurisdic
tion. They were not present or rep
resented by counsel. They are Sena
tors Root of New York, Smoot of Utah
and Fletcher of Florida. The mem
bers .of the committee from the house,
however, Allen F. Cooper of Pennsyl
vania, George C. Sturglss of West Vir
ginia and David ;E. Finley, of South
Carolina, occupied seats in the front
row of the spectators and were repre
sented collectively and individually by
a battalion of counsel.
The department of justice was rep
resented for the first time to contest
the Jurisdiction of the court.
This presents \ a situation entirely
new in American jurisprudence, with
the possibility of the three United
States senators being adjudged in con
tempt of court and with the possibility
of a supreme court justice being ac
cused by congress.
KNOCKED DOWN BY AUTO— While Joseph
• Bloom, 672 Oak street, was crossing -McAllister
street at- Fillmore early yesterday morning he
was knocked down by an automobile owned by
H. H. Helbush, 103 Frant street, and driTen by
George Hackett. ' Frank Thompson of Berkeley
\u25a0was in the machine. Hackett was cnarped
with battery. • .
CHINESE HELD TOR TRIAL — Yung Lee, whose
Chinese wife was rescued from a Spofford alley
dW« by Miss Ponaldlna Cameron of the.Pres
byterian mission home, was held for the fed
eral, grand jury by United States Commissioner
Heacock yesterday under $2,000 .bail for im
porting a woman for Immoral purpose*. "
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE
•: NEW YORK^TEBRUARY 19, 19KX
TO POLICYHOLDERS: .
5 '^ synopsis of the Annual .Statement, as of December 3V, 1909, is. submitted for yuuf
\u0084, . kformation : ;c':--:; c' : -- : '"'\\ } ' . " ' ' '-\u25a0\u25a0 / -' : -• :\u25a0 ; . .-; ', ';
V 1909 1908
TOTAL ASSETS - 0 ; - ; > - - - . $486,109,637.98 $472,339,508.83
TOTAL LIABILITIES "),'-- > - " - - - 400,837,3 1c168 391.072L041.93
. Consisting . of Insurance r Fund $393,223,558.00 zmd ,
$7,61 3.760.68 of miscellaneous liabilities for 1909.
The Insurance Fund (with future premiums and interest) *
will pay all outstanding policies as they mature. ;
TOTAL^SURPLUS - - - - - - - - 85,272.31 9 30 81.267.466^0
' With an increasing number of maturities . of Deferred : •
Dividend Policies this sum will in tim;. decrease.
NEW INSURANCE PAID FOR (including additions
; $3,852,143 in 1909 and $3,540,621 in 1908) - 110,943,016.00 % 91 .262,101.00
This is an increase for the year of 21 3^ percent, and was '
securedata lower expense- ratio than in 1908.; - :
INCREASE IN OUTSTANDING INSURANCE IN 1909 - 8,869.439 00
COMPARED WITH A DECREASE IN 1908 - -, :.. t3^47.814i»
An improvement of $22, 5 1 7,25 3. 00 as compared with 1 908.
FIRST YEAR CASH PREMIUMS (excluding oh additions) ; 3.774,321:27 2.724.97639
v This is an mcrease of 38^ percent as compared with 1908.: , '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'*. -" -^'i^'-
TOTAL AMOUNT PAID TO POLICYHOLDERS - 5!;716.579.04; 47,861,54169
DEATH BENEFITS ... ;,; ...^ ;i \u25a0- { \u25a0 20.102,318.67 20.324,002.65
. 97 per cent, of all Death Claims in America were paid ; :
''-\u25a0-.\u25a0 within one day after proofs of death were received. '-\u25a0 .\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
' ENDOWMENTS* - - - - - - : 6,321^554f41 4.830.17ai0
1 ANNUITIES; SURRENDER VALUES AND OTHER : - v
BENEFITS; - - - . - y ." \u25a0 '-' :15;683.665.88 14.696.354.16
DIVIDENDS TO POLICYHOLDERS ? - -^ - 9,609,04a08 8,011.01178
• ,•l9lO dividends to Policyholdeirs will approximateV . ?
DTVIDENpS TQ STOCKHOLDERS i^ - -- . 7,000;00 7,000.00
This is the maximum annual dividend that stockholders can
C>UTSTANbING LOANS TO POLICYHOLDERS >, - ; 59.954.933. 10 57.053.555.2S
EARNINGS FROM INTEREST AND RENTS - - . 21.074,013;?5 20.636.405.61
OUTSTANDING LOANS ON REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES • 97.53^648.03 '97.570,767^2
TOTAL EXPENSES, including Commissions and faxes - - r 9,758,447.46
. The average gross rate of interest realized during J 909 . amounted -to 4;50 - per cent, as against .4. 45 pet
cent in 1908, 4.39 per cent in 1907, 4.26 per cent ravl9o6,v4.o3^per;centin 1905/ and 3.90 per cent in 1904
The condition of your^lSociety ; is constantly: improving. .The; grow^^ «t V reduced
expense ratio and the increase in outstanding insurance manifest public recognition of the fact
WIFE OF BROKER
GIVEN FINAL DECREE
Mrs. Susan D. Paxton, Rumor
Says, Will Become Bride of
Millionaire W. H. Talbot
Friends of the Two Expect That
-Wedding Will Be Early
Announced
IP' \u25a0 ~"
The last link binding Mrs. Susan D.
Paxton, one of the beauties of the' city,
to Charles E. Paxton," .stock broker,
and businessman of note.' was snapped
by. uJdge Graham _ yesterday when he
signed her final decree of divorce,, and
now it is generally reported'*that be
fore long she .will become the wife
of William H. Talbot,' millionaire lum
berman.
Mrs. Paxton refused to discuss the
common rumor regarding her- engage
ment to. Talbot.
"If any statement is desired as to
the truth of the report," she said/ "it
will have to come from Mr. Talbot.
I -will not talk about- it." Following
ncr divorce Mrs. Paxton went to. the
home of her parents, Mr. and and^Mrs.
Henry, Darneal. Though she refused
to give out any definite statement-re
garding her next matrimonial step for
publication; her friends stated that her
marriage to Talbot would take place
soon. -Such has been common rumor
for many! months past," but- it was not
until Mrs. Paxton walked away j from
Judge Graham's court clothed in. the
garments of -single blessedness that
she freely admitted her approaching
nuptials to the millionaire.
Talbot was divorced by. his wife In
February of 190 S. The suit was one of
the' sensational 'trials of the year, both
sides making allegations of a startling
character. The case was fought out in
Judge Seawell's court and was compro
mised at the last moment, after all the
private affairs of* the family had been
aired, f
With Talbot free from his wife and
Mrs. Paxton no Monger bound to her
liege lord the two drew together. y lt
may haye t been mutual sympathy for
each other, but whatever the cause
they made no secret. of the close rela
tionship existing between them.. They
were out' together at numerous times,
lined together in public and- motored
the countryside together. . - ;,'.
Talbot denied the prospective mar
riage, declaring that no such step was
Intended. But despite his denials his
friends believe that in. a few weeks he
and Mrs. Paxton, will be married.
CLEVELAND TOURISTS
WELCOMED IN JAPAN
TOKYO, Feb. 25.— The steamer Cleve
land with 700 American tourists arrived
at today. The party was
given a, splendid' welcome by officials
of Tokyo and Yokohama. . .
r^rs^D-Paxton^^
:;Has*Be?jV Released
FromMaritaPYofce
\u2666 -— ; — r *
ARCHBISHOP ORDERED
TO PAY CIVIL DAMAGES
RHEIMS, France, Feb. 25.— Cardinal
Ludovig . Lucon. j Archbishop of .Rheims.
was , condemned, todayln the. cl vil-trlb
unal to pay $100 damages, to the Public
School Teachers' association for sign
ing^the episcopal letter forbidding the
use of certain textbooks in the
schools. The association sued v- for
$1i.000.^ .. \u25a0•'\u25a0;->; -
BOHEMIANS WILL
HONOR THEIR TRIO
Clubmen Will Give Dinner To
night to Dicktnanetti, Hop- ,
kinzini and Mackenzinetti
Invite Kindred Spirits to Share
in Fun Promised by
"Rara Opportunita"
"Rara Opportunita" i> the startling
heading on yellow paper which Is
being circulated by the Bohemian club
men to announce to the n«mb«ri of
the club a complimentary dinner to
be given this evening, "la notte Se
bato, 26 Febbraio." to the "Neapoli
tan" trio. Carlo Dickmanetti, Guglielmo
Hopkinzinl and Mackenzenetti Gor
don!:" In other . words*, their fellow
Bohemians are going to crlve a dinner
tonight in honor of Charles Dickman.
William Hopkins and Mackenzie Gor
don, whose trios of Neapolitan street
songs and other melodies have delight
ed the ears and the hearts of the club
members.
The dinner will be In character* at
that. A large representation of the
Italian colony will attend the affair
and leading members of the Lambardl
opera" company who may b« in the
city In anticipation of the season, which
opens next week at the Columbia.
The poster announcing the event 1*
on* of the most original ever per
petrated by clubmen. It Is printed on
yellow paper and the text Is alterna
tive Italian and English. It Is Illus
trated with a sketch of the three,
singers lost In the rhapsody of the
song, "Chlrlblrlbln,"
The poster solemnly announces thtit
the singers have returned from a. trip
around the world, which would be in
teresting if truer.
Far down in the lower- left hand cor
ner of the paper. In small type. Is the
subjunctive sentence, "The trio might
sing."
CORPORATIONS LIABLE
TO- FINE OF $3,000,000
Over 5,000 in Washington and
\u2666 Alaska Ignore Law
TACOMA, Feb. 25. — There are 5.000
corporations in Washington and Alaska
which have not filed the returns re
quired under the new federal I per
cent corporation tax law before March
1. • The minimum fine that could be
Imposed on the 5,000 corporations,
should they ail prove delinquent, will
amount to 15.000.000. Alaska corpora
tion* must file returns in the Tacoma
internal revenue office. Washingrtoa
corporations may file la Tacoma, Se
attle or Spokane.
BTT&ZED Xnn>Qt WALL— Mtan-apoli*. ftb. 2S.
A wall of Miilard hall, a traildln? of tae state
nalrerslrr recently destroyed by flre, was
blown down by the wind today aid Professor
Moore and six etndenrs were borfoi beneath it.
To<»y w*re rescued nnlajTired by other stac^ntj.
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