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arORXIXG OREGOXIAX, S ATTXR DAY, . JANUARY 30, 1909. . ENDLESS WORRY OF Must Make Out Millions of Bills to Repay Overcharge on Gas. WILL REFUND $11,000,000 '6nprrai Court Decision on 80-Ccnt Kate Puts Most Stupendous Task on w York Consolidated. Many Complications. BT I.T.OTD T. WXEROAS. NEW TORK. Jan. 29. The gas trust officials, because of the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court, find themselves confronted with the pleasing ;tsk of making out 25.000.000 bills. This 'work is absolutely necessary before the TO per cent rebate can be returned to consumers. In May. 19"S. the state law fixing the price of gas In Greater New York at 80 cents per thousand went Into effect. The Consolidated and Its subsidiary companies promptly secured a court Injunction, the effect of which was that the full one dollar rate was charged, until the con stitutionality of the new act could be passed upon. The difference between the two rates, 20 cents per thousand, was deposited with Special Master Shields, end has now reached over J11.0O0.000. The findings of the United States Su preme Court make It necessary that this money be distributed, and It involves the most stupendous clerical task ever Im posed upon a public service corporation. The Consolidated and the companies al lied with It supply approximately 800.000 consumers, and each one Is entitled to a 20 pr cent rebate on each bill for 32 months. This means that 23.600.000 gas Mils must be irone over, and the amount due consumers carefully figured out. It would be a wonderful lot of work, even If every customer had his receipted bills ready to turn In at the window. Must Figure Out Rebates. But accountants who have studied the subject are of the opinion that not more than 600,000 consumers will be in a posi tion to collect their full due without de ductions or correction and that of the re maining 300.000. two-thirds will force the fras company Into the performance of extra clerical labor almost eriunl in vol ume to the figuring out of the 26.000.0u0 undisputed bills. New Tork state has an official known as the "inspector of (tas meters." Any householder who believes he Is charged for more pas than he uses can complain to this official and. If It Is found that his meter Is fast, he Is entitled, under the law. to a rebate. Frequently the pas company itself makes refund for fast meters. Now here is the problem for the class In higher mathematics. Mr. Flank's bills for the 32 months are $020. He Is entitled to a 20 per cent re bate, or Jfi. But during- that time It was found that his meter ran fast, and the company allowed a deduction of 1.0 a month for 6even months, or J11.20. This tU.IO Is figured under the SI rate. Under the SO-ceiit rate Mr. Blank was only en titled to ts.94. Consequently he owes the ras company C24. which must be deduct ed from hU i rebate. How would you like to solve this prob lem a few hundred thousand times? Amonx small consumers there are man Instances where the period of comr'alnt is three months or less, and the "fast meter rebate" Is tinder fl. But exactly the same labor will be required to make accounts balance as where thousands of dollars are Involved. Bankrupts Make Much Work. Also there are hundreds of cases where firms have dissolved or have gone Into bankruptcy after paying the dollar rate up to the time of tlie change. It will be necessary for the pas company. In order to avoid litigation, to make Its own calcu lation as to the amount due each member cf the co-partnership. If the dissolution was made with the proviso that assets nnd liabilities should be equally divided. If the partition is on some other basis, the company will be obliged to abide by J:. and work out the division as directed. Exactly what the company Is to do with cash belonging to bankrupts Is a question that Is Riving tbe truer. lawyers many sleepless hours. Undoubtedly this money should be turned over to the re ceivers who have the assets In charge. Failure to do so might be regarded as contempt of court. But how can the gas company tell who are and who are not bankrupt? It has finally decided that it le up to the receivers to notify It. and that, falling such notice. It will pay the money out direct. Ever since the law was upheld the fras companies have been swarmed by representatives of Judgment creditors anxious to attach the rebate that is coming- to John Doe or Richard Roe. When It Is figured that the average flat dweller pays $4 a month for gas I generally more" It can be seen that he has at least J23 coming to him. and many a tailor, grocer or butcher will gladly accept It on account. Claims Bought by Speculators. Tens of thousands of bills are in the hands of speculators who bought them at a discount, when the probability of the Legislature's being sustained ap peared to be remote. To avoid making- the same refund twice, the company will be obliged to make a separate scrutiny of this entire mass and trace back to the first payment under the dollar-rate following the action of the Legislature. If a speculator pres. nts bills to the amount of JT.00 and demands a return of $100 the consumers from whom lie bought the claims will be notified and the company will demand proof that the bills are In the hands of a person who has obtained them legitimately before It will consent to make the pay ment. New Torkers move more fre quently than do people of other cities. Some have had three or four addresses during- the past 32 months, many have moved to distant sections. All of these people will be located In time, but it Is naturally bound to be a tedious rlece of work. Then take the case of householders who have died since the 80-cent law was on the statute books. Presumably the gas company will pay the refund to the widow. If there Is a widow, but first It will be necessary to establish that the man Is dead, that he left an heir and that the person applying for the money Is the one legally en titled to It. And this sane procedure will be necessary whether the amount due be large or small. Write 40,000.000 Bills. It Is estimated conservatively that with all these charges and corrections, the companies' clerical force, which must be largely Increased, will make out and handle what will be equivalent to ,40 000 000 bills before the final settle Ipaaft La naA 4 tMa ta addition GAS COMPANY the regular routine of preparing new bills at the new rate of 80 cents a thousand. A new source of worry for the gas com pany has been caused by the announced decision of a consumer to sue for interest on his withheld rebate. This consumer s argument sounds logical. Ever since May J, 1306. he has been forced by the action of the gas company to pay -0 cents a thousand more than he should tor gas. If he had placed that money in a savings bank he would have received 4 per cent interest without any trouble. Hence, why should the gaa company de prive him of his Interest? Thta suit will be fought bitterly by tie trust, not only because of the amount Involved. In round figures about $350,000, but because of the clerical labor In volved. Interest Involves Work Take a simple case of a man whose gas bills were exactly $5 a month for each and every one of the 33 months. Here Is what would happen If Interest Is also al lowed by the court. Some unhappy clerk would be compelled to figure thus: "His rebate Is $1 each month, and be fci entitled to interest on $1 at 4 per cent for 32 months, on another $1 at 4 per cent for SI months, etc." And this problem, with varying figures as rebates, would have to be worked out at least 600.000 times. Do you wonder that stock of the Con solidated Gas Company Is not what It used to be? And that the clerks and ac countants of the trust are very unhappy men these days? LAYS bSToHIMEY BULGARIA SATS HER ATTITUDE IS IRRECONCILABLE. Sends Soto to Powers Warning Tliat Porte Is Responsible if Ne gotiations Fall. SOFIA. Jan. 2S.-The Bulgarian gov ernment tonight delivered a note to the representatives of the powers complain ing of the irreconcilable and uncompro mising attitude of Turkey and declaring that the Porte must be responsible, for the consequences. The note does not solicit the Inter vention of the powers, but drawa their attention to the tension of the situa tion. SEiV CX-OUD OVER BALKANS Powers 1'nite to Keep .TnTkey nnd Bulgaria From War. LONDON, Jan. 29.-The Balkan situa tion is causing anxiety again in Euro pean capitals. Fearing trouble between Turkey and Bulgaria as a result of Bul garia calling out her reserves, the pow ers are bringing pressure for a peaceful settlement. Sir Edward Grey has sec onded the powers on the subject, and it is said Russia has proposed that com mon representation be made both to Sotla and Constantinople against any change in the frontier which would en danger European peace. Great Britain has advised Turkey to accept an In demnity of $20,000,000. Bulgaria Is In clined to pay this, provided Turkey abandons her claim for rectification of the frontier. WARNED TO AVOID FIGHTEVG Britain Urges Peace Bulgarian Note Contains Threat. LONDON, Jan. 29. The British repre sentatives at Constantinople and Sotla have been Instructed to warn Turkey and Bulgaria of the danger of military action on the frontier and to urge a peaceful arrangement of their disputes. According to special dispatches received here from Sofia, the Bulgarian note to the powers declares that unless the Porte promptly recognizes Bulsaria's Independ ence, she will consider herself freed from the engagement she voluntarily has undertaken to negotiate with the Porta on the basis of pecuniary compensation. Bulgaria Disbanding Reserves. CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 29. The Gov ernor of the Vilayet of Adrianople has telegraphed the Ministry of the Interior that Bulgaria is disbanding the reservists recently concentrated on the Turkish frontier. THINK SALARIES ENOUGH Increase for "Social Expense" Not Certain for Federal Officials. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. -Washington Jan. 26. There is still consider able doubt whether Congress will ulti mately approve of the Increase in sal aries of the President. Vice-President. Speaker of the House and Federal Judges, notwithstanding the recent vote of the Senate. The raises were authorized in amendments to the legislative bill report ed by the Senate committee on appro priations, after the appropriation bill had passed the House. The bill having passed the Senate, and been sent back to the House, must still be .-adjusted in confer ence committee, and the report of the conference committee must be accepted by both Senate and House before the bill goes to the President for signature. There was a very strong undercurrent or opposition to ftie various increases on the part of House members, particularly since It has been shown thRt the chief necessity for larger salaries Is to enable the various officials to entertain socially on a more lavish scale than heretofore. President Roosevelt, for instance, has said that he has Just come out even on the salary of $50,000. Therefore. It will be argued, there Is no good reason for In creasing the Presidential salary. Experience has shown that Vice-President Sherman, during his long Congres sional career, has almost entirely shunned society, and certainly he will not under take 'to entertain as has Vice-President Fairbanks, who paid many of bis social expenses out of his own pocket. Speakor Cannon cares naught for society: he got along on his present salary very comfort ably; he never asked for an increase, and the probabilities are that he would vote against It should the House divide evenly. SEA GIVES UP ITS DEAD Bones Believed to Be Those of Sui cide Found in Coos Bay. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Jan. 23. (Spe cial.) Parts of a human skull were brought up yesterday from the channel of Coos Bav by the Government dredg er. With it were bits of clothing and a rock with a rope attached, which In dicated that It might have been the re mains of a suicide years ago. Dr. E. Mlngug. ex-Coroner, says there Is no doubt the bones are those of a human. No More Jiirors in Cooper Trial. NASHVILLE. Jan. 23. In the Cooper trial the examination of the second panel of Jurors began today. Twenty men were called before one attempted to qualify. This man was W. J. String fellow, an ged farmer. Th Stat cnal len god him pra vptor JOIN IN BRANDING RAINEY'S CHARGES Taft, Ward and Cromwell Send Letters, Denying Interest in Panama Deal. WARD ALONE RESPONSIBLE Ralney Reads Letters In House and Says They Deny What He Did Not Charge and World Did Not Inspire Htm. "WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. As soon as he could get the floor today, Ralney, of Illinois, read to the House the cable gram which he received from C P. Taft yesterday In which the brother of the President-elect denied that he has ever had any business association with William Nelson Cromwell or any Interest at any time In the Isthmus of Panama. In the message, he asked Rainey to retract his statements re garding Mr. Taft. which he made in his Rpeech on Tuesday. The country will be glad to know that Mr. Taft's name Is being: used there without his consent," he said. Following is the text of Mr. Taffs telegram: Sheer, Absolute Falsehoods. "Havana, Jan. 27, 1909. I assume you have been misled into uttering the sheer and absolute falsehoods concern ing me you aro reported to have spoken. I have never had any business asso ciation of any kind or description, past, present or prospective, with "William Nelson Cromwell nor any interest of any kind or with anybody, present, past or prospective, on the Isthmus of Pana ma, and I confidently rely upon your loyalty to the truth to retract what you said about me in the same high place where you made yourself re sponsible for those misstatements." Ward Clears Cromwell. Ralney had also read a letter print ed In the newspapers from Randolph G. "Ward, of New Tork, relieving Mr. Cromwell of the responsibility for the attempt to obtain the much criti cized railroad franchise In Panama. Ralney also had the clerk to read the report of an interview with the sec retary of W. S. Harvey, of New mentioned in connection with railroad and timber grants in Panama. "The trouble with all these gentle men is that they take particular pains to deny things I do not say, said Ralney. Cromwell Also Denies. Loverlng, of Massachusetts, read a letter from William Nelson Cromwell. In which he said that, except a small block of stock In the Electric Light Company of Panama, he never had and had not now any Interest of any kind in any concession or other busi ness affair In any part of the Republic of Panama." Loverlng added that every one knew that Ralney "had been filled up with material from a well-known source." . . . Ralney was on his feet In an Instant, demanding what this source was. "The Now Tork World," responded Loverlng. Rainey denied this statement. FEARS TO INCRIMINATE SELF World Official Refuses to Testify. Farnhani Confirms Cromwell. WASHINGTON, , Jan. 29. The examina tion of witnesses by the Federal grand Jury in connection with the alleged libels of the New York World and the Indian apolis News was abruptly adjourned to day until Monday because of the refusal of J. Angus Shaw, secretary of the Press Publishing Company, owner of the New York World, to give certain testimony, on the ground that he might Incriminate himself. Mr. Shaw was commanded to appear in Criminal Court No. 1 on Mon day morning, when the matter will be thrashed out, Roger Farnham. closely Identified with the affairs of William Nelson Cromwell, wns the only witness of Importance, his testimony being In corroboration of that CHINESE DIPLOMAT 5 5 Ti J i i V 1 " X -is ::-'::i M ."sir ' s' r - .,nmi. j , - PKIXCE TSAI FIT, SOJT OF PRIXCE CHIXG. NEW TORK, Jan. 29. (Special.) Prince Tsal Fu has just sailed for England on his way back to China. Though he came not as the special envoy of China, but as a companion to Tang Shao Ti, who was ihe accredited representative of his government, the report of the Prince is likely to have more influence In determining the future of the relations between China and the United States than the report of Tang. For Tans is a protege of the discredited Yuan Shi Kal. whllo TBal is a son of Prince Chlng. I ll GRAN OYER ROYAL BAKERY given by Mr. Cromwell regarding the disposition of the H0.000.000 purchase money for the Panama Canal franchise. Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law of the President, was a guest at the White House today. He came to Washington In connection with the libel proceedings, but was not called to testify. SAYS MONOPOLY FAVORED Arizona legislature Protests Against Roosevelt Dam Power Deal. EJj PASO, Tex., Jan. 29. A special to uie jiunea irom rw'i j-. ..... , J Assemblyman- De Sousa today Intro duced in the Legislature a memorial to the President and Congress, demanding an Investigation of the contract entered Into by the Secretary of the Interior with the Pacitlc Gas & Electric Company, which gives the corporation a 10-year monopoly of the power generated at Roosevelt Dam, 60.000-horse power. The resolution practically charges the Government with violating the very act under which big corporations have been prosecuted bv the Government for creat ing monopolies. The resolution passed the House unanimously and the Senate by a strict party vote. HOLLAND TELLS . WANTS Sends A'enezuela a List of Demands for Settlement. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 29. A special, from The Hague says that the Dutch demands on Venezuela Include a consular conven tion, , assuring the appointment of Ven ezuelan Consuls In the Dutch West In dies, freedom of entry at Venezuela porta for all Dutch vessels; the abolition of the S per cent extra shipping dues and fishing rights for Dutch vessels in Ven ezuelan waters. RETURNS TO CHINA. 5 f ill 1 i : -: ' - - i i. : : i"i : iH W'. lii ii I 'ENING A Big Display of Flowers Palms THE HARVARD PAINLESS DENTISTS from the East, will open their branch office over Royal Bakery, corner Park and Washington Sts., on Saturday, all day and evening, Jan. 30, 1909 These offices are being equipped with the latest and most modern appliances and ingredients for doing painless high-class operations of the. mouth at very low prices, consistent with other first;class Dentists. We invite everv man, woman and child to visit our elegantly equipped offices and have their teeth examined free by our expert in charge. You will find no young, untried Operator in this office, but instead, the well-directed interests of a Master of the Dental Art. The dread of pain has kept thousands away from the Dentists office week after week and month after month, until the whole system has suf fered irreparably in consequence. . , Therefore, do not delay. Come in on the Opening Day and receiva a souvenir, and become familiar with our system of Painless Dentistry. Those who cannot have their teeth fixed and pay cash may have them fixed on the installment plan, by paying whatever they can each month. If you are nervous and fear the Dental Chair, do not hesitate to call upon us, when we will satisfy you, beyond a doubt, of our ability to do just as we say. , , , Twenty offices in the United States. Two ladies in attendance. Do not forcret the onenincr day. All come. HARVARD PAINLESS HOPE FOR NEGROES Aldrich Wants Appointment of New Brownsville Board. SENATE WILL ACCEPT BILL Measure Provides That Board Is to Keport on Qualifications of Officers and Men for Ee-enbstment. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. A plan for harmonizing the views of Republican Senators who have been at variance on the re-enllstment of negro soldiers of the Twenty-Fifth Regiment, discharged on account of the Brownsville affair, was laid before the Senate today by Aldrich and accepted by advocates of other similar measures. Southern Democratic members who gen erally oppose all legislation on the ques tion, announce their opposition to the new bill, and with Culberson and WcLurin as their spokesmen, refused to agree to a vote on It at any definite time. The compromise measure authorizes the Secretary of War to appoint a court of Inquiry to consist of five officers of the United States Army now below the rank of Colonel, which "shall be empowered to hear and report upon all charges and testimony relating to the affray at Brownsville. The court is directed within one year from Its appointment to make a final re port, and from time to time partial re ports as to non-commissioned officers and men of companies C. B and D, who are found qualified for re-enlistment. It provides that the "enlistments shall be considered as having been made Im mediately after the discharge of the men, who are to be entitled to pay from the date of their discharge." COtTHERX CLAIMS BARKED. So Reference to Conrt Allowed. Compromise on Brownsville. "WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. The omnibus claims' bill, carrying an appropriation of about $3,000,000. which has been favorably acted' upon by the House of Representa tives, was passed by the Senate today with an amendment repealing the law allowing the reference of Southern war claims to the Court of Claims by the Senate or House of Representatives. A substitute for all pending measures relating to the re-enllstment of the dis charged soldiers of the 25th Regiment was Introduced by Aldrich and accepted by Foraker and other Republican Sena tors who had proposed legislation for the same purpose. It provides for a court of Inquiry to pass upon the qualifications of the discharged men for re-enlistment. LESS WORK FOR CLAIM COURT Senate Would Repeal Law Sending Civil War Matters to It. ( WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. The law per mitting either house of Congress to refer Civil War claims to the court of claims for adjudication will be repealed if an amendment to the omnibus claims bill which was adopted today by the Senate becomes a law. The amendment provides that such reference may be made until January 1, 1910, and Senator Fulton. In charge of the measure, announced that it was the purpose of the committee on claims to refer probably 2000 claims on the committee's files to the court. rtJLTOX BILL STRIKES SSAG House Refnses to Consider Any Rail road Measures This Session. OREGONIAN XEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 29. The House committee on Interstate commerce today decided to re port no general railroad legislation this session. This means that Senator Fulton's bill to prohibit aa advance of freight ratcs, exoept 7it tho consent ol the - SOUV ENIR DAY DENTISTS CORNER WASHINGTON AND PARK STS. Interstate Commerce Commission, cannot get before the House this session, even if It should pass the Senate. PRESIDENT VETOES MEASURE Follows Advice of Army and Navy Men as to Rank Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. The Presi dent has vetoed a bill providing that Army, Navy and Marino Corps officers whose ranks are advanced in accordance with law shall receive commissions in accordance with such advances In rank. The veto was based on objections made by Secretary Newberry and Admiral Pillsbury. Mexico Accepts Invitation. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Gilford Pin chot. Chief United Ptates Forester, who returned tonight from Mexico, where he went to Invite President Diaz to send delegates to this country to attend the Conservation Congress, presented to the President tonight the letter from the Mexican executive, accepting the invita tion. Garricld Wants Money. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Secretary Garfield appeared yesterday before the House committee on appropriations to urge the appropriation of 11,000,000 for the fight on land frauds. The Secretary said many cases of alleged fraud had been brought to light and the sum was necessary to conduct the prosecution. Table for Andromeda Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Bills grant ing American registry to the Andromeda, wrecked on the California coast, have been laid on the table by the House com mittee on merchant marine. Congress Blocks Holiday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. The plan to make Lincoln's centennial on February 13 a special holiday was blocked today by a committee of the Senate and House. TRUCK HITS CAR; TWO HURT Tacoma Fireman Fatally Injured and Driver Bruised. TACOMA, Jan. 29. In a crash between a streetcar and a fire truck at 6 o'clock tonight, Dan Noonan, a relief truckman, was fatally injured, and J. W. Taylor, driver of the truck, painfully injured. The fire wagon was answering an alarm In the East End of the city, and was ap proaching Pacific avenue, eastward, down the Twenty-third-street hill, when the collision occurred. The horses and front b heels had cleared, but the car fender struck the rear wheels of the truck, top pling it over on the pavement. Noonan has a compound fracture of the skull, and Is Internally Injured. His son, John, was killed in the Minneapolis (Minn.) Fire Department, seven years ago. Noonan only a few months ago eaved the life of the fireman he was to night relieving. New Tork Citv has consumed 14,400,000 ton of coal In the lnt 13 months. MISERY FROM Ad ID INDIGESTION WILL BE ENDED Almost Instant Relief is Waiting for Oregonian Readers Who Suffer From Stomach Trouble. If what you Just ate Is souring on your stomach or lies like a lump of lead, refusing to digest, or you belch Gas and Eructate sour. undigested food or have a feeling of Dizziness, Heartburn, Fullness. Nausea. Bad taste In moutn and Stomach headache this is Indigestion. A full caso of Pape's Dlapepsln costs only B0 cents and will thoroughly cure the worst case of Dyspepsia, and leave sufficient about the house in case some ono else in the family may suffer from Stomach trouble or Indigestion. Ask your pharmacist to show you the formula plainly printed on these 60-oent cases, tnea you will under FIRE SWEEPS CITY St. Paul Business District Suf fers Heavy Loss. FLAMES RUIN BIG STORES High Wind Carries Fiery Brands From ' Department Store to Other Buildings, Causing: Loss of $600,000. . ST. PAUL, Minn.. Jan. 29. Fire start ing In a department store on Seventh street this evening for a while threat ened to devastate a large part of the business district of the city. As it was a half dozen buildings were almost wholly destroyed, with an aggregate loss of about tCOO.OOO. Favored by a high northwest wind, burning cinders were thrown flying over the business section of the city, and the occupants of many buildings began ta move their property. Minneapolis sent over an engine and a hosecart Every 'piece of apparatus in St. Paul was used. The severest loss was sustained by the White House department store, J145.000; California Wine House, J125,000; Wool worth'B Five and Ten-Cent Store, $100,ii0; Fey Hotel. J75.O0O; McQuald Grocery Co., $100,000. There were many other small losses. LABOR COUNCIL ELECTS Goes on Record as Opposed to Charter Emergency Clause. "At the semi-annual meeting last night of the Central Labor Council of Port land and vicinity the following officers were chosen for the ensuing year: Presi dent, Carl Caulfleld; vice-president, An drew Madsen; recording and correspond ing secretary, W. H. Fitzgerald; finan cial secretary. N. H. Robinson; reading clerk, L. E. Gottschall; sergeant-at-arms, F. T. Forte; conductor, C. Ocking. The representations from the various sections were larger than at any time since the formation of the Council. The Council went on record as opposed to the adoption of the emergency clause In tho city charter, on the ground that it Impairs the Initiative and referendum and takes authority from the people. Stephenson Again Falls to Win. MADISON, Wis.. Jan. 29. Isaao Stephenson again failed of election to day. He received 63 of the 331 votes cast. UPSET STOMACH stand why Dyspeptic trouble of all kinds must go, and why they usually relieve a sour stomach or Indigestion in five minutes. Get a case now and eat one Trlangule after your next meal. They are harmless and taste like candy, though each contains power sufficient to digest and prepare for as similation Into the blood all the food you eat; besides. It makes you go to the table with a hearty, healthy ap petite: but. what will please you most Is that you will feel that your Stom ach and Intestines are clean and fresh, and you will not need to resort to lax atives or liver pills for Biliousness or Constipation. This city will have many Dlapepsln cranks, as some people will call them, but you will be cranky about this splendid stomach prescription, too. If you ever have Indigestion or Gastritis or any other Stomach misery, and eat just one Triangula of Diapepsii v A