PASTOR RUSSELL
TOCHjNESE
Pays Warm Tribute to Tfielr
Patient Gou.t:sy,
EXAMPLES TO CHRISiEIIOOfJL
The Preacher Pointed Out That the
Hope For All Pcoplo la In Mes
siah's Kingdom Those Who Have
Faith In God's Promise Shall Be
Blessed Revelation of the Divine
Power of the Lord.
II o u g Kong,
China. Jan. 21st.
Tho Foreign Mis
sions Investlga
tion Committee
of the Interna
tionnl Bible Stu
dents Assoi iatioti
spent several d:iys
in Hong Koug,
Cnnton and vicin
ity. For cUb ien
cy they divided,
some giving more
4.
(PASW gUSSELU
attention to ouo
and others to another phase of mis
sionary interest. They seemed well
pleased with the treatment accorded
them. Pastor Russell's address to the
Chinese in their One City Hall Auditori
um was both helpful and encouraging,
lie declared that he came as a follov
er of Jesus and a friend to all human
ity. He directed special attention to
the words of St. Paul, applicable to
humanity In general and at the pres
ent time specially to the Chinese:
'The whole creation groaneth and
travalletb in pain together until now -waiting
for the manifestation of the
sons of fJod." i Romans vlil, 22.1 Chi
aa's war experiences in recent years
hare been severe trials, pnrticnlar'y to
a people of their temperament peace
preferring, gentle, courteous to each
oilier and to foreigners.
Pastor Russell feared for theia ter
rible experiences with nnar-hy; hut
they will have It merely in advance of
other peoples to all of whom it Is
coming ns a result of discontent. In
spired by greatly Increased knowledge,
combined with selfishness. The h'.)pe
for nil is In Messiah's Kingdom, now
near at hand. Those who most qui' k
ly learn faith in (Sod and Justice and
mercy toward others will soonest
share the coming blessings. Some of
us already share thosp coming bless
ings by the exercise of faith in the
glorious promises of the Bible. The
rastor had been told that their courte-,
sy of manner arose, not from love and
sympathy, but from law and custom
centuries old. He could not Judge the
heart, but had sincerely wished that
some of the- favored race of so-called
Christendom possessed In a larger de
gree some of the admirable traits of
the Chinese, their respectful demeanor,
quiet courtesy, their civility and en
ergy. It shall not be my mission, he said,
to urge you to become identified Willi
any sects or parties of Christendom,
nor to recommend to you any of thel
creeds. Nevertheless, In all of those
creeds there Is more or less of the most
wonderful truth which ever came to
the ears of humanity, but. alas! In a
darker period It became so mixed with
human tradition as to be today dishon
oring to Gk1. offensive to the Intelli
gence of many, aud thus an offense to
those who still accept those creeds. I
can readily see reasons why you have
not been more inllueuced by Chris
tianity. You felt that you had as
good or better than has lieen offered
you. Very properly your heads and
hearts refused adherence and worship
to One whom you were told had fore
ordained whatever comes to pass, had
foreordained the eternal tormeut of
your ancestors and of all mankind ex
cept a mere favored few. It is to your
credit that you were not attracted by
Bin h a message, nor driven by such a
fear.
The Cod of All Grace.
I may never again have the opportu
nity of addressing you: let me there
fore tell you now of another Chris
tin nit 3. of which probably you have
ever before heard, from the same Bi
ble used by the miss onarles here and
confessed by us all to be (Sod's Mes
sage, but at present a very different
lessee from that which my brethren
confess. I call them "brethren" be
cuuse I assume that they are sincere In
their presentations. I once held siml
kir views. I once preiubrd also the
damnation and eteruai torture of al!
who do not accept Jesus In the present
life and become Ills footstep followers.
I should be sympathetic toward them,
and I am. Nevertheless, this must nc
Binder me from using this opportunlt
to make known to you the clearer light
that now shines upon Ood's Word.
I find that the darkuess of error which
fceclotided my eyes of understanding
came from the creeds and that the Bi
ble most beautifully and most simply
presents a (!od of nil (Jrace. a Father
f Mercies, from whom comet h every
food and every perfect gift, and with
whom there is no variableness, neither
shadow of turning. (James I, !". I
know from my examination of our re
ligious books that the Bible alone pre
aents this (Sod of kindness, compassion
and sympathy. All other gods are full
f pride, anger, hatred, malice, and all
Boed appeasement to avert their fury.
The (iod of the Bible, the true (Sod
f Christianity. Is All-Loving. All-Kind.
Ever-Merciful, and tells us so. It Is a
great fallacy which declares that He
has damned humanity to a hell of tor-
tore al the hands nt firp-nr.f iimnna
On the contrary, the Bible declares that
the wage or penalty of Bin Is death, ami
that this is the explanation of the gen
eral prevalence of human weakness
and frailty, mental, moral and physical
death. In our text St. Paul tells us
that the whole creation-all mankind
are groaning and travailing in pain now
because of siu aud its death penalty.
This has hoeu in progress for six thou
sand years. It conies not through Di
vine persecution of His creatures, hut
by natural laws of heredity passing on
the weakness, mental, moral and phys
ical, from parent to child, from genera
tion to generation, by a law of uature.
God has simply permitted this Law to
take its course in disobedient man.
Does God Pity Us?
You may perh..ps ask me if the Cod
who Is loving, generous and kind does
not pity humanity lu Its present dying
condition, even though we have come
into thl.j state through the violation of
Divine law. Could not a (Sod of Love
do something for our aid?
That, my dear rrleuds, is exactly
what I wish to point out. Tlie Bible
declares that the Divine Law broken,
its sentence must stand uuless in some
manuer Justly satisfied. If a perfect
man could be found, willing to saeri
lice his life In reparation for father
Adam's disobedience and forfeited life,
then (Sod could be just and accept the
sacrifice and allow Adam and the re
mainder of his race to go free from
the death sentence. But no such per
fect man could be found. There is
none righteous, no, not one. All were
born in sin: none therefore could give
to (Sod n ransom for his brother, as the
Scriptures declare. (Psalm xlix. 7.1
What then? God figuratively repre
sents His sympathy, saying that He
looked down to see our condition and
He hearkened to the groans of the
prisoners of sin and death. He beheld
that there was none that could pity
or succor because all were under sen
fence. "Then Ills own eye pitied and
His own Arm brought salvation." How
beautiful the picture of Divine com
passion' hearkening to the groaning
creation!
The Arm of the Lord Revealed.
The Arm of God means, symbolical
ly. Divine Power. He revealed this
Arm in the arrangement which He
made for the payment of our death
penalty. In the sending of His Son.
the Man Christ Jesus, who. "by tho
grace of God. tasted death for every
man." As a perfect man had sinned,
God provided a perfect man to be the
Redeemer, "that ns by man came
death, by a Man also should come the
resurrection of the dead; for as all in
Adam die. even so shall all in Christ
be made alive, every man lu his own
order. I Corinthians xv, 22.
Do you now catch n glimpse of the
merry, the compassion, the love of the
Christian (Sod to us, who appeals to
the heart ns being different from any
other god of whom you have ever had
knowledge! Think of a God. Infinite
in Power, as being careful of His fall
en creatures, and providing, even at
self-sacrifice, for their recovery!
But you will say. Where is the re
covery? Are we not still sick, mental
ly, morally and physically a dying
race? What has the death of Jesus
accomplished for us? That Is a good
question; the answer to it will bring
you much enlightenment respecting
(Sod's loving character and glorious
Plau for humanity. The Bible teaches
us that Jesus, who redeemed mankind.
Is to be made the great King, whose
Kingdom shall dominate the whole
world- "under the whole heavens."
(Daniel vil. 27.1 It will not be an
earthly kingdom: nor will the King be
visible to men. even ns God Is not visi
ble, because He is a Spirit. The great
Messiah will be Invisible. He will be
Invisible because He Is a Spirit, "the
express Image of the Father's per
son." i Hebrews 1. 3.1 The Kingdom
will be exercised through human agen
cies and it will increase and spread un
til all shall know (Sod truly, and un
til "every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess" to Illm but all who
will reject His grace shall perish to
tally in the Second Death.
Waiting Fo the Sons of God.
My text declares that l'.ie relief for
tlie groaning creation waits for the
manifestation of the sons of (Sod. We
have already seen that Jesus, as the
pre-eminent Son of God. died for our
sins and ascended to the right hand
of Divine Majesty, where lie Is wait
ing; and meantime the groaning crea
tion must wait also, for the same thing
for which He waits for the sons of
God. Here is a matter which seems to
hnve been for n time hidden under the
rubbish of the Dark Ages the fact
that God not only foreordained Jesus,
the great Son of God. to be the world's
Messiah, t deliver them from sin ami
death, but that He also foreordained
tlie selection of a special class from
amongst mankind, to be the Redeem
er's associates and Jolut-heirs lu His
Kingdom of glory, honor and Immor
tality. (Romnns 11, 7.) it has required
the entire period from tlie time of
Jesus' death until now to call, to sanc
tify, to prepare these subordinate sons
of God.
We might have supposed that our
great, loving Creatrr would have called
upon certain of the holy angels to be
nssoclotes with the Redeemer In the
glorious work of Ills Klugdom. the up
lift of humanity. But not so: He has
sent the invitation to this high, glo
rious station to our poor, fallen race.
Thus, additionally, has the God of
Love manifested the exceeding riches
of His grace and His loving-kindness
toward ns lu Christ Jesus. (Epheslans
11, 7.) How wonderfully condescend
ing! Surely a':! will admit with me that
no god of any people has ever mani
fested such a love and Interest in hl
creatures as has the Cod of the Bible
the Cod of Christianity, it ts the Love
of God which constrains us draws us. i
And His exceeding great and prc-lnus
promises work In our hearts "both to
will uud to do His good pleasure." And
this is the test His wisdom has pro
vided. Although Messiah will use co
ercion to some extent during His reign
of a thousand years, yet the Heavenly
Father will not use coercion in respect
to any of these sons whom He Is uow
inviting. He seeketh su h to worship
Him as worship Him in spirit aud In
truth such as need no coerciou such
as delight to know and to do the will
of th Father in Heaven-such as in
these respects are copies of His Son.
the Redeemer.
The Narrow Way of Sacrifice.
Put. although God will not ursre.
force or compel any to be sons on this
hi -j I', plane of the divine uature. He
dies. to the contrary, set obstacles in
lb'.' way and make the way "narrow"
In which He Invites these to follow
their Leader. He does this for the
very purpose of hindering any from
coming except the class which He spe
cially de-ires. Ills Message Is through
Jesus.-."! f any man will be My disci
ple, let him deny himself and take up
his cross and follow Me." Again the
Apostle expresses the Father's terms,
saying. "1 beseech you. brethren, by
the mercies of God. that ye present
your bodies living sacrifices, holy and
acceptable to God. your reasonable
service." Again says the Master.
"Strait is the gate and narrow Is the
way that lende'h unto life, and few
there be that find It."
Surely we cannot say that these
stringent restrictions are unreasonable.
How could we expect our gracious
Creator to want any except the most
loyal of heart and most faithful and
obedient to be associated with the
Lord of Life and Glorv In IPs glorious
Kingdom work? This is the only call
ing which God has yet opened to hu
manity, and not until this elect class
sir '! have been completed will the
world's blessing be due to herin. it Is
my understanding of the Scriptures
that the time for making our cafng
and election sure to this Kingdom
class Is now very short. It therefore
behooves all who desire this glorious
relationship with Messiah to "give all
diligence" and to "run with patience
the race set before us" in the Gospel.
looking unto Jesus, the Author of our
faith, until He become th finisher.
The Non-elect Also Exhorted.
The wonderful blessings of our day,
which make It so different from any
other Epoch In the world's history,
have reached even h're to China, and
we now see what already appear to
be the beginnings of wonderful things.
Evidently Divine Power, wlth'n tho
past century, lias been lifting the veil,
because we are just on the threshold
of the New Dispensation-because tht
Church ithe elect sons of Godi Is about
complete because "the manifestation
of the sons of God" for the aid of the
"groaning creation" is at hand-be
cnuse Messiah's Kingdom glory li
about to be ushered in. The blessingn
of the present are only a foretaste of
those glorious blessings for tlie world
of mankind. Oh. what compensations
our loving God has provided for all thy
lessons of sin and sorrow, pain and
death! He has promised that tho
former thines shall be removed, nor
can the mind comprehend what the
glory of the future things will be!
So then, to the patient, persevering,
civil Chinese, my message Is an nssur
ance that God's blessing Is nigh at
hand. For eighteen centuries He has
been pouring out Ills Holy Spirit upon
these saintly ones. Ills servants and
handmaidens, for their comfort and Joy
and preparation for the Kingdom glory.
The next thing in order Is the pouring
out of His spirit upon all flesh: that
will Include your race and ail the fam
ilies of the earth.
I cannot hope that many of you will
feel drawn to become footstep follow
crs of the lowly Nazareue. and even If
many of you should so desire, we have
the assurance of the Scriptures that
the entire numlier will be but a "little
flock;" but I do set before you the
glorious prospects of human Restltu
Hon to all that was lost by Adam, to
all that was redeemed at Calvary. I
n.lmonlsh you that all development of
character you may make nt the present
time means so much of preparation and
advancement for the future, and that
all violation of conscience and nntej
onlsm to the principles of righteousness
will work to your disadvantage In tlie
future.
Therefore, as the Scriptures enjoin
"Seek meekness, seek righteousness; it
may be that ye shall be hid in the'day
of the Lord's anger." (Zeplianhili II. 3.1
The day of Divine anger and special
retribution is In the close of this Age.
nt the inauguration of the Kingdom
The whole world of mankind will
then be transferred Into the hands of
Messiah, who will tuke them n
thru are. They will be In various con
dltlons. Some will be more depraved
others less depraved; some will be more
seared In their consciences and some
less; and these deficiencies of character
will depend upon the way In which
each one accepted or rejected light nnJ
opportunity in the present time.
The selfishness which has marked the
world's experiences, particularly within
the past half century. Is very reprehen
slble In God's- sight, and Christendom
so highly favored of God, ts to lie held
proportionately responsible. Hence the
great time of trouble will fall with spe
clal severity upon Christendom. When
you shall perceive this, rail not against
Christianity, but realize that theScrij
tures are lielng fulfilled, and that th
dark cloud will be but temporary, ani
that behind It Is hidden the most glori
ous vista of human blessing possible
for the human mind to conceive! Pre
pare for It slid especially seek to kno-v
the God of All Grace.
REJOINDER FROM
WILSON'S CAMP
Campaign Manager HahsSla'e-
rcent o;i Ha;vey Afteir.
OLD ENEMIES DCH3 WEEPING
Mayor Dahlman's Position Used to Il
lustrate Argument of Mcoo.nos.
Says YWLon's Kcply to Harvey V.as
Frank Ajeition of Opinion.
Washington, Jan. 20. The Wilson-
Kar.ey c.bjao uioujiiit lo.m siinu.u
IlCOUSi)' Willi tilt; UlllVUl 01 lU.O.iil
Ueiiiy Wuiuibin, a btauinent uy
Vviiiiam F iticio.nb.s, cuuieui0ii muu-
agtr lor Vtooaiov Wiiaou, ueulanu
U.at "tae tears ui.it am uei i sutu
oer tue LUbtMiu iiiL.iiLUt ure wmii;
110. ll 1,.0-M. H'uyJ l.Ut) ImlltllO u-.il
ti.e nit.'bi (.onsjicious oppuiiciiid oi
Gonrnor v nsu."
1 Le btaUmciii says:
". ith relVience lo the Wilson Har
vey in, idtnt it bet-ins lo inc. Uiai Col
onel ,aueisoii i. as saiu in a stutu
nu'iit all that ueids to bo said. It up-
ptaia, tlieuioie, tlu.i as tar bach us
Inst October he himseif suggested to
Governor Wi.son that Colom.1 liar
vey's suppoit through Harpers Week
ly might bo injudicious, and he proo
bly told Colonel Harvty h.niseli ti.e
same thing. It appears that Colonel
Watterson had lonviiucd the governor
of the truth oi his opinions, and had
nt host convinced Coloin I Harvey of
the probability of its truth, else Col
onel Harvey would not have propound
ed tlie quebilon. It Is pnssing strange
that Colonel Watterson should feel
concerned that tho povernor, In prl-
viito rnnvrrfittnii with htmfiff nnl
Co'onel Hn-vey sliou'd in answer to
a pointed question, give frank expres
slon to the very view which Mr. Wat
terson hb'iso'f entertain' d and which
l.e had commenicrtod to the rovernor
and probnblv to Co'o-iel Ilarvpy.
"Tn October Inst also, the very
month in which h made these sngges
t'ona ti Governor Wilson. Colonel
Watterson S"M In the Louisville Cour
ier .To nnal cditorla'ly:
" 'Two fhlnes sp"m to'erahly sure to
the surmise of the Courier Journal: If
Woodrow Wilson Is nominated for
president It will be through the force
of pn irresistible pressure of public
opinion, and' if he ts defeated for the Charles Boird, engineer of the no-th-nomination
it will he by so-ne orKan-, ln- Clark, the fireman,
ized n?enrv, well hacked with money
'"No Poii'ocrat o' nwlom t'mos '"ns
coree into the runn'm:. Samuel ,T. Tll
den niche crcenfed, with half at once
cf the nitlrnient and the clnmi of tlie
NVw ,Tn-Rfv covet nor.'
"Th" tcf- that are bein-; shed over
ti,p riielp inci'icnt fire wren-? from
(lump v.n f'nve h'tv'"'to been f,e most
r f nnirtiom O"nonniits of
Governor
t jK-nr) v((,iroa flip fvinti'nt'y ouoted
Ktfit"-"' -pts nf "pv-r MjjMmnn o' Omn
ha. wVo has for months not on'v been ,
oifiri'v opnoTd t' Cioverror Wllon, !
t-i't who hn l-pen f'e aeressivp cham
H"n of an"tver cnw'Hato. Tlie snnie,
ri'" to others who hnve Indulged j
in lnehrvmose expressions. This, of
"fMir.p Is to be expected whenever
"iv "in rie'-f-'ops a derided lead for
the nomination.
"Hm fiHt of fhp 1omie as I see If,
lq fhofipr nnp frlffH Jr) r-v'Ue COtl
verant'en wh pp"!1""!1 should In an
swer to P nli'n eneotlon reqort to flt-
lr or rtioq'mnlptinn or whether ho
so'ild stnfe the fri'th as he sees It."
TAFT SPFflKS AT NEW HAVEN
bailev's Wprn'nq Aeainst Socialism
Brlnps No Fear to President.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 20. Spenk
hii before the New Haven chamber
of commerce President Taft made n
plea for t)o continuance of his econ
omy and efficiency commiHs'on; de
elared that the administration has no
desire to "persecMle" bus'ness. hut
hat It will cont'nue to enforce the
iaw acalnst monom'v and unlawful
cf'ipl'lnntlops, -ir d umd business men
of the co-iptrv to cct together with
hiui to InRure prosperity.
Seiiftcr I'nllev of Tcvns, an earl'er
Hpo.iVrr. tdthongh he rrl'ed Mm""'" nn
optimist, had Founded, a warn'n?
psa'nt te Inereas'n" dnnior of so
cialism. To tb'" warning the presl
df nt took exception.
"I d.m't think." cahl the president,
"that we are near that whl'h ho fears,
pnd thit wMch I should fear If I
thoucht we were nenr It socialism. 1
hnve atldlnc; fnit In the American
people I have nhldln faith after a
time for thev will come hack and d's
criminate between what Is good cloth
and wst Is fust'nn What we peed
Is prosperity. A lack of prosperity
does net mike the rich uncomfortable;
It Is lack of nrosneritv thit renVps the
roor uncomfortable. Whst I hope la
that we''l all vet toother In food
team-work to briiur aout prosperity."
Chinese Appeal Received.
Washington .Inn. 20. The cabled
appeal for recognition of tho Chinese
republicans, sinned bv WanR Chung
Wei, waf received bv the state depart
mnt. It Is regarded as marking a
serious crisis In the Important nerot'a
tlons now going on In China for the
restoration of peace to the distracted
country by the state department, and
the appeal is certain to have great In
fiuenco on the five other powers Inter
ested In the campaign. It is probable
th department will not move In the
matter until It has conferred with
these powers.
PETITION F03 TAFT FILED
rorty three Omaha Men Sign Paper
Ffled at Lincoln.
Lincoln, Jan. 20. A petition contain
ing the names of tort,y three Omaha
li n filed with the secretary of
statn a iking that the name of William
Howard Tall be placed on the primary
ballot as a preferential candidate for
president. F. R. Shotwell of Omaha
Is said to have been the moving spirit
lu preparing tho petition.
The men prominent in the Taft or
ganization who are in Llneo'n sail
they knew nothing of the filing fur
ther than so far as known here tho
signers were all supporters of the
president and the petition had every
Indication of being in good faith, and
if that was the ense there could be no
objection to the action.
PHYSICAL VALUATION
OF EXPRESS P.tOPRETY
Fig-r:s Are llljta Ttaa
D:s3 cl Ccsij:r.l
Lincoln, Jan. 20. E. C. Hard, engi
neer oi the state railway commission,
has submitted to the commission tho
physical valuation of the express com
panies operating In the state. There
are four of the companies: IheAdaais,
the American, the United States and
the Weils Fnr;o. The Adams has a
mileage of 2,850 and 295 stations; the
American a mileage of 2.490 and 2G9
stations; Wells Fargo, 114 miles, 17
stations, and the United States 250
miles w!th 34 stat'ons.
The compn.nicB place the renewal
value of their property nt $160,433 an l
present value ot $K5 7C7. Mr. Ilurd
places a rrnewal value on their prop
erty of $192,705 and a presrnt value of
1140.744. In value of property t' e
Adams leads.wlth the American second.
TWO K I LED IN WRECK
Frisco Freloht Trains Collide Head-On
Near Wittenberg, Mo.
Wittenhcrs, Mo.. Jan. 20. Two mi-n
were killed instcntly, one wa Inj ired
serlo-sly, two others were hurt slight
ly and two engines and twenty freight
cars were demolished when two
Frisco freight trains collided, head on,
a mile below this place. Both trains
were ro!n almost at full speed when
the crash occurred at a dangerous
curv on the Mississippi river banl-s.
were kl'loi. MUino'Me. tne uraKenrm
of the southbound tn'n. was scalded.
C AMERY COW NY ICSES
Commerce Corvmlr,on retries Ad
versely on Creim Rates.
Wash'iKfr n. Jan. 20. The inter
st'jfe commerce commission dismissed
the ( oinplaint of tho Fairmont Cream-
tv company ailnst the Barllnvton.
'1 lie (rcmery romrnny co'npla'ned of
a rile o" "2 cents per ten nrllon can
n- - f,-0.n Conioidia, Kan., to
Crete. Neb.
Paraguay Rebels Defeatid.
Buenos Aires. Jan. 20. Telegrams
fiom Asuncion Paraguay, confirm the
report that the supporters of President
p. Mas have recaptured the city. After
despcrnte street flfthtlnn tho revolu
tionaries fled. Tho casualties totaled
201 killed and womded. A Brazilian
Uiinl ont is reported to be on the way
to aanist Rojas.
Boy Rescued From Boding Lard.
Storl'nn, 111., Jan. 20. Little Roy
Claussen's life was saved by his grand
mother here when she plunged her
arms into a kettle of boiling lard, Into
which he had accidentally fallen, and
rescued him.
CONDENSED NEWS
The third International aviation
r.ie t opened nt Los Angeles with more
than forty ontrants.
The headless body of a man was
found In ash pit In the rear of 1122
North Ninth street. St. Louis.
The Cox LIU. calling for a report on
the coRt of Philippine occupation, was
favorably reported to the houso.
J. O. V. Merrill, former president of
the Chlcaco boird of trnde, was elect
ed president of the Council of drain
exchanges
The house foreign affairs commit
tee deferred action on the interna
tional protection of seals because of
differences of opinion.
Samuel Watklns and M'ss Edith
Schrocder were killed , by electricity
when wires becamo crossed at Wat
kins' broom factory In LogaiiBport, Ind.
The price of foodstuffs of almost, ev
ery kind Is up again In New York to
record figures and Indications are,
dealers sav, that the top notch In the
rising scale has not yet lieen reached.
A twelve year old boy was killed
fnd another boy probably mortally In
jured when a bobsled on which they
were coasting collided with Howard
Gould's automobile at Port Washing
ton, N. Y
The high cost of living was made
the basis for a bill introduced by Rep
resentative Sahath of Illinois, which
would exempt duty on foods. The bill
was referred to the ways and means
committee.
When Cora Garrett, fourteen years
aid, and Chester Carpenter,' sixty, ap
plied for a llcenso to marry at St. Jo
teph,' Mo., they were refused and the
girl was committed to the detention
tome. Her parents had given consent
EXCHANGE DATA
OF COST DAILY
B3slon Haaaiers cl Pacta
Reported ta Ezcii Oth:r.
COMPANIES KM BY LETTERS
Armour Was "A," National Was "B,"
Morris Was "C," and Swift Was
Known as "D" Marg'f Reports
Identified by Witness.
Chicago, Ian. 20. Direct testimony
that representatives of the a. Iibj.1
puci.eia' combine exchanged daily a.id
weekly reports of shipments and mar
Klns, together with the detailed opera
tions ot tho business transacted by
each branch house, was given to the
Jury in the trial of the ten Chtrai,o
packers charged with criminal viola
ton of 'he Sherman law.
Everett B. Dill, former manager for
the National Packing company In Bos
ton, and assistant manager for tho
sanio company In New Yoik. went oa
the stand and gave damaln testi
mony asu'iiat the packers. lie declared
that the managers for Armour, Swift,
Morris and the National Packing co-n-jnnv
In Boston, who were In charge of
the New Em:land territory, met dally
nnd were on terms of the closest busi
ness intimacv. Ho sa'd they ex
changed by telepbona the dai'y ship
ments onrt rparslns of each comply
and that weekly summaries from each
l o ise wro sent to the Boston repre
6pntat1ves.
Th witness derlared thpt this srs
tern was In use up to the t'me ho sev
ered fc's connection w'th the N'U'onai
Picking company In 1006 to become
Po' fnn manager for an independent
comp?ny ,
Annt for 8everal Conpanlea.
DIU hnd formerly acted as consign
ment agent nt New England points for
Fwirt Co., Armour Packing cora
ranv, Oniahi Packing company and
tho Nnt'cnsl Packlnr company.
In 110.3 he was assistant manager of
the National Packing company at Bos
ton. Inter be was maunder of the
comrnnv's New York branch.
"vrh'lo el Boston representing the
National Packing company, wero you
ndvlsed In advance of tho shipments
to be imde during tho current week?"
asVed Senntor Kppvon.
"Vcs." rcnllcd lil'l.
""'hat other information did you
get?"
I "I pot a uuu'ohi figure or estimate
! for cadi week which gave us our sell
ing price. I1' I t''0U"''t the fl"iire was
he'ow the cot of cattle I would f f e
up the selling price nnd get nil I
fO"hl from the retailers."
The witness sa'd that dally repo1s
of Hales and prices ohtslned wero
teleeranhed to Chicago from tho dis
trict. heaihiuarlerH.
Margins of Other Companies.
' Did you receive the margins of Ar
mour, .Vorris and Swift while you were
manager of the National In Boston?"
"Yes, every day."
"How?"
"By telephone. I would call up the
Boston olllee of Armour, Morris and
Swllt and get tho figures, These flrmB
wero designated by letters of the
alphabet. 'A' was Armour, 'B' National
Packing company, "C Morris and 'IV
Swift. Mr. Van Pelt represented Ar
mour, Mr. Haddock, Morris, and Mr.
Hunnewull, Swift."
"Did you meet these men every
day?"
"Yes, we saw ono another every day
to talk over business, but we had no
regular meetings," replied DIM.
"Did you receive weekly summaries
of the shipments and margins of Ar
mour, Swltf nnd Morris?"
"Yes; they were sent to me from
Chicago M
The witness Identified a number of
shipment and margin reports alleged
to bo a summary of the New England
business of Armour, S'irt and Morris
which he received while manager for
the National Packing company's
branch house In Boston.
Data FroTi foeth Omaha In Court.
Several thousands ork'ln'il memor
andum cost sheets for beef used by
Armour & Co. at its South Omaha
plant between llanh and September,
1910, were Introduced in evidence by
the government.
They are the first orklnnl data deal
ing with the actual fleurlng of tho
beef cost will-In the per'od covered
hv the Indictment, unearthed In the
trial.
Thev chow the allowance made for
by-products bv the test cot system
Milch th.i government declares was
used bv tho packers as the basis of
fixing prices.
BANK TELLER $9,000 SHORT
Ward 8pellman of Topeka Merchants'
National Under Arrest.
Topeka, Jan. 20. Shortages aggre
gating 9 000 have been found In the
accounts of Ward Spellman, teller of
the Merchants' National bank, who Is
under arrest. Ho admitted to bank of
ficials that the shortage may total
more than that.
Spellman'B peculations have covered
a period of Beveral years. Spollman
was prominent In society. He says he
spent tho money for living expenses.
Rpellmnn whs given a bearing be
fore United States Commissioner
Campbell Ho waived examination.
KIs bond was fixed at $5,000, which he
has not yet given.
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