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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-30
Land Valuations

The lands Of this county are valued
by the state board OF equalization,
for purposes Of state taxation, at
$3.50 an acre. The King county val
uation is SO; Whatcom and Skagit,
$3.50; Pierce, 50; Snohomish and
Clarke, $6.75. OF the eastern Wash
ington counties, Walla Walla aid
Whitman are the highest, $3.50.
Horses in this county are assessed at
$50 and cattle at SIG. Sheep in all
counties are assessed at 81 and hogs
at $3.50.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-30

In letter to Governor Mead, Ed.
Rosenberg, representing the Fisher
mems Union, makes out a strong case
against the puget Sound Salmon
Combine" " meaning the big companies
owning most of the salmon traps, for
Intentionally violating the thirty-six
hour closing season, and he charges,
inferentially at least, that State Fish
Commissioner Kershaw was in SYM
pathy with the trap men in their vi
olations of the law, which provides
that during the weekly closed season
"the tunnel and front part of the pot
of all fish traps shall be raised to
high water mark to permit salmon
and other fish to swim freely and
without hindrance in any direction. "
The trapmen raised no objection to
this provision of the Megler bill when
it was under discussion before the
fisheries committee in the legislature,
but finding, during the fishing season,
that it was more profitable to violate
it than to obey it, they alleged as an
excuse that it was ''impracticable'
and that to comply with it would en-
danger their traps. In his letter,
written it appears, in compliance
with the governors request, Mr.. Ros-
enberg says:
''This law is necessary, is practicable
and is fair to all interests involved. ex-
cept that it could and should be improved
at the next legislature by changing the
time from when to when the thirty-six
hours should run, the gill-netters now, in
many places where they can only fish
nights, losing two nights out of the sew
en-"
."Men who have built, operated and
worked on traps for years are ready to
testify that the trap is fishing if the tunnel
only is closed; also that the present law is
practicable"
The fishermen's spokesman reviews
at some length the position taken by
the fish commissioner with respect to
violations of the law in this county,
and especially the instances at Bar
lows bay and Iceberg point. He
charges the commissioner with hav-
ing discouraged the prosecution OF
the cases and quotes Prosecuting At
torney Wynn, Of this county. as say
ing, with reference to one OF the
cases: ssWhat is the use of commenc-
ing suit and involving the county in
useless expense, when the state fish
commissioner in the pressof the state
prejudices the case against us {"
disappears plain to me from the most
careful investigation and consideration OF
the facts brought to my knowledge" says
Mr.. Rosenberg, ''that Fish Commissioners
Kershaw is both unwilling and unable to
enforce the thirty hour law on the
traps; that il the law is to be enforced and
the salmon industry of Pnget sound pre-
served, the trapmen must be given to un-
derstand that they must obey the law Of
the state AZ we'll as the other fishermen;
also that no fish commissioner can poryert
the plain meaning Of the law TO permit
the traps to fish as long as q salmon is
running"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-30
ORGANIZATION
OF ORCHARDISTS
THE BELLINGHAM REvEILLE RE-
PLIES TO ISLANDER EDITORIAL

orchardists Should Form Organize :
lions to Grade, Pack and Handle
combined Product in Carload Lots
and More Canneries Should Be Es.
tabHshed to Handle Inferior Fruit
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-30
PROTEST. OF The
PURSE SBINERS
AGAINST TRAPMEN,S VIOLATION
OF THE FISHING Law

In Letter to the Governor, Ed. Ros-
enberg Reviews the Situation--
Salmon Combine'' and Fish
Commissioner
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-30

The Ladies Guild Of the Presby-
terian church will give an entertain
ment and social in Odd Fellows ball,
Wednesday evening, October II. The
principal feature will be q debate on
the question: Resolved, That the
horse is more noble and useful ami
NAL than the COW" The debaters
viii consist Of two lawyers, two teach
ers and two doctors An admission
fee of ten cents will be charged. In
addition there win be an art loan ex-
hibition, to which there will be 2 small
admission charge. Refreshments vii
also be served.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
Manager Of a Get
RiCh-QuiCk' Firm
Is Missing.
Tires OF Facing the Crowd
That BeSieged His
Headquarters.
President of the Concern Blames En-
ploye for the Failure Of His
Lucrative Business.
Special Dispatch to me Call.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. u.-Herbert w.
Chittenden of Los Angeles, manager of
the Mutual American Investment Com
pany, San Francisco get-rich-quick"
concern, disappeared to-day. The COM
pany has been exposed and many vic
Tins of its fraudulent methods began
to press for a settlement, which could
not be made, hence Chittenden's hasty
departure. A half dozen police officers.
including a sergeant, are among the
alleged dupes. Chittendens wife stated
this evening that she urged him to
leave
There was no other way to get the
president of the company b. Maurice
Rice. TO come down here from San
Francisco she said. For weeks, ever
since the company quit paying off con-
tracts, my husband had sat in that Of
flee in the Bryson block and borne the
brunt of abuse heaped on the company
by disappointed patrons. Why, they
came there by scores"
Rice claims Chlttenden got hold of
ten lapsed contracts, Cancelled them on
the books. sold them for their face
value and 800 premium and kept the
latter Rice declares Chittenden left be-
cause he (Rice) came here. The man
who bought the contracts, Attorney
John H. Foley, declares Chittenden is
straight.
President Rice has made public
statement, which is an out and out
confession that the Mutual American
Investment Company's contract"
business is bad; that the Contracts
are worthless, and that the scheme is,
to quote his words: "A financial inn
possibility" This confession he sup
plemented with the claim that the
bond" plan, under which his concern
is now seeking to proceed, is finan-
cially sound and has been Officially
indorsed and sanctioned by the Post
office Department"
The Postoffice Department issued a
fraud order throwing the concerns
business out of the mails, which is the
extent of its Endorsement.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
Protest Of Inventor
May Uncover q
Scandal.
Maker Of Submarine Boat
Alleges Unfair Dealings
by Officials.
House Committee Repeats Demand That
Secretary Norton Produce
Records in Case.
Special Dispatch to The Call

CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING.
WASHINGTON. Feb. lin response
20 insistent and repeated demands of
the Tfsuse Naval Committee. the Navy
Department is preparing 10 send to the
Capitol all recorded correspondence be-
tween the Board of Inspection and Sur
Vey and the Holland and Lake Sub
marine Torpedo boat companies. There
are indications that 8 sensation viii
be spruns before long in connection
with the light between these concerns
Tor naval patronage. This request for
correspondence Is the direct result Of
a petition nled with Congress by Simon
Lake, inventor OF the Lake subma-
rine. The petition said:
Congress is urged to call upon the
Navy Department for every. report and
letter or submarines for the last two
years. Consider contents and then
award Justice as you see Gt to an
american Inventor, who asks no ia
vors-only fair field"
Although Secretary Morton appeared
before the House committee more than
q fortnight aEo and even stated that
he would send the submarine CORE
SpDndenCe 10 the committee. il has
not yet been transmitted. The Navy
Department has made no Investigation
OF the verbal reflections made by Cap
tain Lake upon the integrity of the
Board of Inspection and Survey. The
Secretary of the Navy asked Captain
Lake T. he had any proof to back UP
these reflections. None was forthcom-
Ing.
The complaint often made by the
Lake company is that the Navy De-
partmcnt refused 10 permit test of
the Lake submarine. in direct com
petition with the Holland craft. buS
desired TO test the Lake craft sep
arately. Since Representative LesleI
OF New York two years ago announced
that he had been offered a bribe to
vote for q submarine boat. many mem
bers cf the Naval Affairs Committee
have been weary Of the whole subna-
rine question and suspicious Of MANY
naneUvers made in connection with
the sale Of such craft to the Govern
ment.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
IN TRANCE
DURING HIS
MARRIAGE
NebraSkan Says He
Was HypnOtized
by Pastor.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

LINCOLN, Nebr., Feb. 1.-Alleging
that he was hypnotized and also CO.
creed by threats of terrible vengeance
into forming q marriage alliance, Hen
ry Hank Haberline, a bridegroom of
only a few weeks. ro-day applied to
the District Court for a decree of di-
vorce from his wife, Mollie Foster
Haberline.
In his petition Haberline sets forth
that Rev. A. s. Schwab, a German
Congregational preacher, first threat
ened him with the visitation of the
evil spirit if he refused to marry and
then hypnotized him, the marriage
ceremony being performed while he
was in sbewildered and confused
frame of mind, utterly unable to re-
fuse to take the marriage vow. When
he came to his senses he Immediately
decided to seek divorce.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
STEEL KING
WILL GIVE
TESTIMONY
Andrew Carnegie Re-
pudiateS Cassie
Chadwick.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Feb. n.-Andrew Car
negie announced to-day that he would
go to Cleveland to testify against Mrs.
Cassie l.. Chadwick, who is under ar
rest in that city, charged with obtain
ing large sums of money on alleged Sc
curities bearing Carnegie's name. 1t is
alleged that the signatures were forged.
Carnegies announcement was made
after a subpoena ordering him to appear
at Cleveland to testify in the Chadwick
case on March had been served upon
him.
In an interview Andrew Carnegie de-
nies that Mrs Chadwick is his daugh-
ter or is in any way related to him
and declares her whole story is a fraud.
He not only will go to Cleveland and
testify, but will urge his financial
agents to do likewise. He says emphat-
ically that he never signed a single note
for the woman, never saw her, nor had
he heard of her until she was exposed
in the newspapers.
The idea of his giving, notes to any
body is characterized as foolish" as
he always has at least $40, 100000 avail
able for immediate use
He bewails the fate of Banker Beck
with. The fact that j. w. Friend Of
Pittsburg was involved to the extent
Of $780, 900 amused Carnegie, but he ex-
pressed keen sympathy for him and all
other victims of the Cleveland woman's
WjleS
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
PAINT PEELING FROM
TWO FAMOUS PICTURES
Works of the Late Professor Adolph
Won Mienzel of Germany
Near Ruin.

BERLIN, Feb. 1.-THE paint on
two of the most famous works of the
late Professor Won Mienzel, the cele-
brated painter, who died Thursday
last, The Round Table of Frederick
the Great" (1S50) and "A Flute Con-
cert at Sans Soucf' QS52), hanging in
Sans Souci Palace. is peeling off.
My reputation will outlive my
works said Professor Won Mienzel
some time before his death. in speak
ing of the gradual ruin of these pic
lures. In those days" he added, II
was too poor to buy the best materials
and this is the result"
But they can be restored" said
the lady to whom the painter was
talking.
II can never restore them, and when
another does SO the paintings will no
longer be mine
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
DESERTS
COACHMAN
HUSBAND
ElOping Girl R0pentS
and Returns to
Her Home.
Special Dispatch to The cali

NEW YORK, Feb. 1l.-Aliss Mabel
Bockeridge Cnow Mrs. Tone). who ran
away TO marry her fathers coachman,
has returned repentant to her parents
home at st. Remey, near Esopus.
William Hockeridge, the father, who
is the head of the wholesale depart
ment Of large lower Broadway store,
saw his daughter on Friday night for
the first time since she eloped in the
house stage coach on February 8. The
daughter expressed her deepest sorrow
for the anxiety she has caused her
parents and consented to leave her
husband and go home at once.
My daughter VIII always find a well
come at home" said her father, but 1
shall not allow her husband in my
house. After she ran away she wrote
Us a letter saying she was sorry for the
wrong she had done US and gave US her
address as the Kingston postoffice.
They were married on the day Mabel
Jeff home. The ceremony took place at
The Dutch Reformed Church at Old
Hurley. For the first three days they
stopped at West Hurley, a nearby VIII
lage. at the home of the mans uncle,
and then went to his fathers house.
Tone is an American. We never let
Mabel go driving with him alone, and
had not the least suspicion Of his in
tentions. He undoubtedly expected TO
take charge OF, my farm by marrying
my daughter. He had said he had
everything 10 gain and little to lose. Ny
daughter is % years oId-old enough to
know better"
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Sem
ate in executive session to-day ratified
the arbitrations treaties between the
United States and eight European
governments 1t required two sessions
to reach an agreement. At the first
session consideration was given TO a
communication from the President to
Senator Cullom, chairman of the For
eign Affairs Committee, in the form Of
protest against any amendment be-
ing adopted; at the second session the
treaties were amended and ratified,
with only nine votes against the
amendment made by the Senate Conf
mittee on Foreign Relations.
The situation in the Senate over the
arbitration treaties has been strained
for several weeks. The first protests
against the treaties were made by Sem
ators from Southern States, who sug-
gested an amendment which precluded
the possibility OF the arbitration of
claims against their States by reason
of repudiated bonds. Later it was sug-
gested that an amendment should be
accepted which changed but one word.
that of agreement to treaty in
article III. making the article read as
fellows:
In each individual case the high
contracting parties, before appealing
tc the permanent court of arbitration,
! shall conclude special treaty defining
clearly the matter in dispute. the scope
of the powers of the arbitrators and
the periods to be fixed for the forma-
,, tion of the arbitration tribunal and
the several stages of the procedure. :
The amendment answered the pur-
pose of the protests made by the
Southern Senators and In addition to
that established the principle that any
matter in the nature of a treaty with
a foreign Government must be con-
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
WOULD FORCE LOUISE
TO GIVE UP HER CHILD
King of Saxony Issues Order to For
MGR Wife. the Eloping
princaSS

ROME, Feb. 1.-THE Tribuna to-
day publishes a dispatch from Flor
ence stating that DR.. Koerner, a law
yer from Dresden, Saxony, has made a
visit to the Countess Montignoso
(formerly the Crown Princess Louise
fo Saxony) and communicated to
her an order from King Fred
erick Augustus, her former hus-
band, for, the REIMBURSEMENT of the
custody Of her child. the Princess
Anna Monicapia. The Countess, ac-
cording to the dispatch, will resist the
order, and has already consulted law
yers regarding the case.
The Countess Montignoso, the
Tribunals correspondent says, denies
most strenuousiy the stories emanat-
ing from Dresden of an intrigue be-
tween herself and Count Giuccardini,
whom, she says, she has met only oc-
casionally and then always in the
presence of others. The Countess says
the story is a fabrication by her
enemies.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
Republican Leaders Criticize
Policy of the Executive.

summated by the President with the
consent of the Senate" In this forIa
the committee reported the treaties to
the Senate.
The first session of the Senate to-
day was confined almost entirely to a
defense by half a dozen Senators OF
the Senate's right to amend treaties.
The President was criticized sharply
because of his letter declaring it to be
step backward to ratify the treaties
in the form proposed by the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations.
No defense of the Presidents position
was taken until the second executive
session, when Senators Dolliver. Fair
banks. Platt of Connecticut and Hop
kins argued against the need Of haste.
They took the position that there were
no questions included in the treaty
which could not properly be submitted
by executive agreement to arbitration
Senator Dolliver said that there were
some matters of business that were
pressing in the Senate. but that the
treaties did not enter into the list, and
that if they were amended in the form
proposed the country would have NO
further interest in them.
Ii was argued by these Senators that
an amendment ought to be directed, II
amendment was necessary at all. to q
better definition of the class of ques-
tions to be left to arbitration. rather
than by an amendment which put the
Government Of the United Safes In the
attitude of agreeing with foreign coun-
tries in advance that in certain cases
it would make treaties of arbitration
1t was said the obligation TO do that
was already put upon US by The Hague
convention and the oft-repeated state
ment that Ii is the national policy TO
arbirate. The ratification of these
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
INDICTs CONGRESSMAN.
Williamson of Oregon Implicated i'm
Land Frauds.

PORTLAND, Feb. 11.-Following
close upon the sensational testimony of
Senator Mitchell's law partner, Judge
A. H. Tanner, and Of Harry c. Robert
son. Mitchells private secretary, to-
day came the announcement that the
Federal Grand Jury had returned an
indictment against Congressman John
r. Williamson, DR.. Van Gessner, VIII
Iiamson's partner in the sheep-raising
business, and Marion r. Briggs. United
States Land Commissioner at Prime
vile, Ore.
The indictment alleges that on June
go. 1902, the accused persons entered
into a conspiracy to obtain 100 persons
to file applications for public lands in
Crook County, Oregon, and swear that
the land was for their own use, when.
according to the indictment. it was for
the benefit of the firm of Van Gessner
& Williamson, which desired the lands
for sheep grazing.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
Admits He Perjured
Himself to Save
His Son.
Pleads Guilty to Charge
Made by Federal Grand
Jury.
Prominent Oregon Attorney When
ArraiSned on indictment Makes
a Sensational Plea.

PORTLAND. Feb. 1.-THE climax
was reached to-day in the land fraud
cases when Judge Albert II. Tanner.
indicted on February for the crime of
perjury in regard to the date Of con-
tract Of copartnership with United
States Senator John H. Mitchell. went
before the Federal court and entered a
plea of guilty. The scene was a dra-
matte one. impressive and sorrowfuI.
Judge Tanner. whose indictment came
rs sudden blow to the public a short
time ago. entered the courtroom hag-
gard and worn and bowed as by the
weight Of years. With him was his
son, TO shield whom the plea was made.
Following both was Harry c. Robert
son, the private secretary of Senator
Mitchell
When, on January 81. Judge Tanner
went before the jury he told a story
which, according to his confession to-
day. had been agreed upon in many of
its details when Senator Mitchell was
in Portland in December last. He said
that there had been an agreement
made between himself and the Senator
by which the Senator was not to re-
eeive any return from firm work done
which would lead him to either of the
departments of the Government and
that this agreement had been made on
March 5. 1901.
The Government was in possession of
evidence at that time which varied
from Judge Tanners testimony and,
linking ii together, United States Dis
trict Attorney f. j. Heney was able to
make such showing that not only
Judge Tanner but his son, Albert H.
Tanner Jr.. was indicted by the Grand
Jury. Neither of these indictments was
made public
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
BELIEVED TO BE LOST
Feared That the Explorers Under
DIR. CharcOt Have Come
10 Grief.

PARIS, Feb. IL. = 1t is greatly
feared that the Antarctic expedition
commanded by DR.. Charcot, which
started more than a year ago from a
South American port in the hope Of
reaching, the south pole, has been lost.
1t is known to have encountered ter
rible storm in April last year and has
not been heard OF since, nor have any
traces of its movements been discov-
cred.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

tify against Senator MITCHELL" was
asked
Yes. 1 expect to be called as a wit
ness in the case against Senator
Mitchell and I Will tell the whole truth
regarding the business Of the firm
without regard to consequences"
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
ADMITS HIS GUILT.

When Judge Tanner had been
sworn to-day Attorney Heney hand
ed him the contract which he had
sworn before the Grand Jury was the
original document and asked when
the document was written
1t was in December last" Judge
Tanner replied.
Judge Tanner was asked if the doc
ument was to be used in defense of
United States Senator Mitchell.
Judge Tanner in reply made the
following statement:
Il will tell you the circumstances
and you can draw your own concIu-
sOns. When Mr.. Mitchell was out
here he looked over the old contract
and there was clause in ii he
thought ought to be changed and he
told me to fix it and I then drew up
the writing here, changing the partic-
ular clause that he (Senator MitchelD
thought would be dangerous for him
and we signed it. At the time that
was done 1 said to him: Now Mr..
Robertson is the only man on earth.
except you and /, that knows to the
contrary anything about this agree
ment and Mr.. Robertson will have to
corroborate this thing. OF course, it
may get us into trouble He said he
would see what he could do with Rob-
ertson, or something of that kind. and
the agreement was left with me in
that shape and l have not had any
correspondence or any words with the
Senator about 1t since he left here
The new agreement signed in De-
cember of last year contained a clause
not included in the original, which
provided that all money received in
payment for services rendered before
Government departments should go to
Tanner. In all other respects the last
agreement was identical with the
original contract.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
THE WEATHER.

Forecast made st San Francisco for
.hfrsS hosrS ending midnight. FeAru-
aTr -
san E11oclscO and vtcdnity-Frs1-
Sunday colder heavy frost In morn
ing light north wind
A c. NcADIE.
District Furecasfer
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
son ON STAND.

Judge Tanners son, Albert H. Tan
ner Jr., testified that during Senator
Mitchelrs visit in Portland last De-
oember he prepared on a typewriter
the new agreement between his father
and Senator Mitchell, as confessed by
his father.
Judge Tanner Jaade the following
statement to-day.
mo one knows the torture I have
endured since January 81, when /
made statement to the Grand jury
concerning the date OF the CO. o-partner-
ship agreement between Senator
Mitchell and myself. The last straw
came, however. when I learned that
the Federal Grand Jury was prepar-
ing TO indict my son, who had writ
ten the agreement between Senator
Mitchell and myself on the typewriter.
for perjury, and when / learned that
the agents of the Government were in
possession Of facts proving that the
document was not signed March 3.
1901, as 1 had sworn, but that 1t had
been prepared and signed last De-
cember.
Judge Tanner do you expect to tas-
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

Continued on Page rs. Column :.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

ALCAzAR-'.Are You a Aasonr
Matinee to-day
CALIFORNIA - The Wrong Mr.
wright
COLCMRIA-.'The Dictator
CENTRAL-.'A Fight for MilhonsL"
Matinee to-day
CHUT TES--Vaudevflle.
SCHER'S-Vaudevflle
GRAND-'sMother Goose" Matinee
to-day
ORPHEUM-vaudevisle Matinee to-
day.
TIvOLE-Grand Opera