Morning Oregonian., November 21, 1906, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 21, 190CT.
REBATES TAKEN
BY SUGAR TRUST
Verdict of Guilty Found in Fed
eral Court in New
York City.
VANDERBILT ROAD PAID
dictate Pleads Fine Is So Large as
to Be Beyond Precedent, but
Judge Instructs Jury
to Conrict.
NEW YORK. Nov. in. The American
Fugar Refining Company was found
guilty by a Jury In the United States
Circuit Court today of accepting rebates
amounting to $26,000 from the New York
Central Railroad. The New York Central
win recently found guilty of giving re
bates to the American Sugar Refining
Company and fined ting.OOO.
Joseph H. Choate. formerly Ambassador
to Great Britain, in his argument for the
defense in today's trial, declared that
there was no precedent In American law
for such an enormous penalty as the
statute against rebating provided. It was
necessary, he added, to go back several
centuries in English law to find an in
stance in which a penalty amounting to
more than JlOO.iW) had been imposed.
The defense offered no testimony. After
Judge Holt's charee the Jury took the
case and . in accordance with the in
structions of the court, returned a verdict
of guilty. The Jury was out an hour and
a half.
REBATES FOSTER GRAIN TRl'ST
Interstate Commission Learns Much
Truth of Wisconsin Roads.
MILWAUKEE. Nov. 20. Interstate
Commerce Commissioners Charles A.
Prouty and Franklin K. Lane began an
examination ot several Milwaukee rail
road and elevator men today in pursu
ance of the La Follette resolution passed
at the last pession of Consress. Informa
tion was desired in regard to the alleged
mixed grading of grains and the relations
between the railroads and grain interests.
D. J. Owen, of the firm of Owen & Co.,
told the Commission that he at one time
received a letter from the Trl-State Grain
dealers' Association inviting his firm to
deal only through "regular" dealers and
that if his firm dealt with any of the so
called scoop shovelers, it would result
in trouble for his firm. The understand
ing of his firm was that in order to get
what is called transit privilege, it is
necessary to own an elevator in the city
or use a public elevator.
He had no complaint against the serv
ices of elevators operated by the railroads.
J. Ogden Armour, of Chicago, was an
other witness. He testified he is owner
of 30.000 to 50.000 shares of stock of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.
"Do you own stock in any other rail
road companies. Mr. Armour?'' he was
asked. After a few moments of thought
Mr. Armour admitted that while being
somewhat uncertain on the question, he
was of the opinion that he did own some
-ftock in some other roads.
"Which, please?'' insisted the attorney.
"Well. I believe I own some stock in
the Pennsylvania lines and Union Pa
cific." Mr. Armour testified under questioning
that he owned the controlling interest in
the Armour Grain Company, the Atlas
Company, the Neola and others.
Mr. Armour denied any knowledge of
any rebating or other forms of favoritism.
At the afternoon session. Secretary of
State Walter L Houtser. as the. represent
ative of the Mondovi Advancemnt Associ
ation, testified regarding conditions on the
Omaha road and charged that there was
a combination among buyers, and that, to
.offset this, the advancement association
organized its own elevator company and
paid the farmers in the vicinity the high
est prices for their grain. In retaliation
for this the Northern Grain Company
threatened to put in a big department
store in Mondovi and forced the mer
chants to withdraw from the elevator
company.
O. Mosher. ex-9tate Senator and con
nected with the Northern Grain Company,
which has- SO elevators on the Northwest
ern and Wisconsin Central Railroads, tes
tified that Mr. Weyerhaeuser, the big
lumber merchant of Minneapolis and a di
rector in the Great Northern Railroad,
wae largely interested in the Northern
Grain Company. The company has branch
elevators all over Wisconsin, Minnesota,
North and South Dakota.
Mr. Mosher was asked if the Northern
Grain Company had received any rebates
from the railroads.
"We have had money refunded to us,"
he said.
"How recently?"
"I don't know. I have never received
anything personally."
Vice-President McCollough. of the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railroad, was then
called and denied that he had any share
In any grain company.
li W. Gilman and E. C Mason, expert
accountants, employed by Railroad Com
missioner Thomas, told of their investiga
tion of the books of the railroads operat
ing in Wisconsin and of their discovery
of large sums of money in the form of
alleged rebates, mentioning the Armour
Grain Company particularly as being
credited with large sums.
The commission ended its Milwaukee
hearing this evening and adjourned to
meet at Minneapolis tomorrow morning.
.ILL REPORT TO 2 6 BROADWAY
Hadley Traces Trail of Oil Compa
nies to Standard Office.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 20. Vice-president A.
M. Finley of the Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany, was- called for. the defense in the
hearing of the ouster case of the State
of Missouri against the Waters-Pierce,
Standard and Republic Oil companies,
which, was resumed today. Mr. Finley
denied that the Standard or other "in
fluences" had anything to do with the
fixing of prices for his company in St.
Louis and throughout the state. He said
that the prices were established by Presi
dent H. Clay Pierce himself or Vice-presi
dent and General Manager Ackert.
Under cross-examination by Attorney
General Hadley Mr. Finlay stated that
Mr. Pierce had instructed him to give any
information necessary in conducting the
company's business to commercial Agent
M-.-Nall. its New York representative. - It
had been previously developed during the
inquiry that McNall had been affiliated
with the Standard Oil. with offices at 26
Broadway. New York.
Mr. Finlay said in response to John D.
Johnson's questions that McNall's of
fice had since been changed to 75 New
street at Mi-Nail's request.
The salaries of officers. Mr. Finlay said.
were fixed by the board of directors of
the Waters-Pierce Company. Once a year
he said the list was forwarded to McNall
Attorneys for the Waters-Pierce Com
pany expect to conclude the taking of
testimony in St. Louis Wednesday and
then the hearing will he adjourned to
New York, where some important wit
nesses will be examined.
HILL WILL TESTIFY MONDAY
Volunteers to Tell Minnesota Some
thing About Kates.
ST PAUL. Nov. 30 President Hill, of
the Great Northern Railway, will appear
before the State Railroad & Warehouse
Commission at the resumption of the
freight-rate hearing next Monday with
out the formality of a subpena. Mem
bers of the commission are authority for
the statement.
Mr. Hill's sudden determination to ap
pear at the hearing as a voluntary wit
ness is taken to mean that he intends to
say something of an interesting nature.
Wants Pointers on Stock Watering.
MADISON. Wis.. Nov. 20. Governor
Davidson today sent a letter to the Wis
consin Railroad Commission asking it to
find out to what purpose the Jlflfl.ooo.OOO
of additional capital stock recently au
thorized by the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway is to be applied, and at what
rate it is to be sold. It is understood
that the Governor wants the information
for use in connection with his recom
mendation to the coming Legislature on
the matter of watering stock by cor
porations and the advisability of a bill
regulating the issuing of stocks by cor
porations and giving tne State Railroad
Commission supervision over the same.
LEGACIES LEFT BT ODELL
WOODRTTFF ANSWERS CRITI
CISMS OF EX-BOSS.
Only Debts and Factional Strife Left
as Basis for Work Neither
Time Nor Efforts Spared.
NEW YORK. Nov. 20. Timothy L.
Woodruff, chairman of the state Re
publican committee, tonight issued a
statement in reply to the recent, criti
cism of ex-Governor B. B. Odell, re
garding the conduct of the Republi
can campaign in New York, in which
he said:
. "The only legacies Odell left his
successor as . chairman of the state
committee were debts to the amount
of about $8000 to be paid, and fac
tional disturbances to be pacified. We
did not come into possession of a rec
ord, book or paper of any kind, or any
material whatsoever that would be of
use in the conduct of a campaign.
"In order to overcome these difficul
ties that confronted us and to conduct
the campaign, which proved to be one
of the most fiercely and bitterly con
tested in the history of the politics of
the state, to dispel the feeling1 of over
conftdonce -which was so persistent, to
bring the Republican machinery
throughout the state to the highest
degree of efficiency, to utilize the many
valuable suggestions which came to
us from the varied elements that were
supporting our ticket, to raise by po;-
ular subscription rather than from
corporations and moneyed interests the
large, sum necessary to defray the ex
penses of the campaign, and to em
ploy every legitimate means hereto
fore used and to devise new ones to
get the voters registered and the votes
in the ballot boxes, we of the working
force of the committee spared rjeither
time nor effort."
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IS 58
Official List of Members of House in
60th Congress.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. The first of
ficial printed report on the membership
of the House of Representatives of the
60th Congress has Just been Issued by the
Clerk of the House.
The Republicans are shown to have a
majority of 58. The Republican mem
bership Is 222 and the Democratic mem
bership 164.
Calls Hearst Loyal Democrat.
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Nov. 20. William K.
Connors, chairman of the Democratic
State Committee, in an interview yester
day, said:
"The interview with William Randolph
Hearst, sent out from San Antonio, Tex.,
in which he is quoted as saying: 'I will
never again be a candidate, means that
he will never seek the Governorship of
New York again. He has told me the
same thing. Mr. Hearst is a loyal Demo
crat, and if the party demands his nom
ination for higher honors he will answer
to the call.
FORCE REFORMS IN CONGO
British Minister Promises to Start
International Action.
LONDON. Nov. 20. An important dep
utation representative of the various
creeds and political parties of Great
Britain called on Foreign Secretary Grey
this afternoon to make representations
on the subject of the alleged atrocities in
the Congo Independent State, usually de
scribed here as the "African Chamber of
Horrors." As the speakers pointed out,
the agitation for reform in the methods
of administering the Congo Independent
State has become practically unanimous
inthis country.
The fact that Mr. Grey consented to re
ceive the deputation on the eve of the
Congo debate in the Belgian Parliament
is considered significant. The Secretary
in his reply practically promised that.
unless the Belgian government takes
steps to improve the prevailing condi
tions. Great Britain will propose inter
national action. He said the government
would welcome co-operation from any of
the powers without the slightest desire
to secure political advantages for Great
Britain.
AVILL DEVELOP CONGO STATE
American Company Gets Rubber and
Mining Concession.
NEW YORK. Nov. 20. The announce
ment from Brussels yesterday that con
cessions had been granted to the compa
nies to expioit India rubber resources, to
conduct mining operations and to con
struct a road in the Congo Free State was
verified. The concessions, it was said.
were probably the most valuable ever
granted in the world. The rubber business
is to be handled by the American-Congo
Company, which was incorporated at Al
bany about a. week ago. The chief stock
holders are Thomas F. Ryan, the Guggen
heimers, J. D. Rockefeller, Jr. .and Ed
ward B. Aldrich, son of Senator Aldrich
A separate company in which Harry
Payne Whitney will have an interest with
the men already named, will be organized
for mining operations.
The concessions mean., it is said here,
the end of the exploitation of the Congo
Free State by Leopold, which made the
King and many of his subjects very
wealthy.
The consideration to King Leopold per
sonally and to the Belgian Government as
well as the method of payment by the
concessionaires, is withheld for the present.
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IIIVIL IU LArHliu
(Continued from First PagaQ I
a tors Stone and Warner and Governor
Folk of Missouri; by Governors Hoch of
Kansas and Mickey of Nebraska. The
programme of the first day's proceed
ings included the annual address of David
R. Franciss of St. Louis, president of the
Congress.
President Francis said that the Trans
Mississippi Commercial Congress, through
its past efforts, had had much to do with
the passage of many important laws by
the last session of the National Congress.
He urged the delegates to still greater ef
forts and outlined a long list of ques
tions, particularly those affecting the
Mississippi Valley and the West, that
needed their attention.
Denver Man Amuses Harriman.
An interesting Incident of the afternoon
session, which did not begin until after 4
o'clock, was the demand of a Colorado
delegate that he be allowed to answer the
speech of E. H. Harriman, which was
delivered soon after this session convened.
Mr. Harriman's speech was an elabora
tion of his remarks at the Commercial
Club banquet last night- He criticized
the present laws regulating railroads,
saying that such power as is now given
the Interstate Commerce Commission is
dangerous, not only to the welfare of the
railways themselves but to the industrial
interests of the country with which the
railroads have mutual interests.
At the conclusion of his speech. George
J. Kindel of Denver arose and asked per
mission to answer Mr. Harriman's speech.
Chairman Francis refused to give Mr.
Kindel the privilege of the floor, on the
ground that a proper interpretation of
the rules of the Congress and a due re
gard to courtesy did not allow a delegate
to answer the speech of an invited guest,
Mr. Harriman. however, insisted that Mr.
Kindel be allowed to speak and the chair
man called him to the platform.
Mr. Kindel's speech was not a direct
answer to the arguments of Mr. Harri
man, but an arraignment of the railroads
for alleged unfair rate discrimination.
Mr. Harriman. who had Intended to leave
for Topeka immediately after delivering
his own speech, waited patiently until
Mr. Kindel had concluded, when the two
men shook hands, and Mr. Harriman
left the hall to go to his train.
Denies He Is Sole Rnler.
Mr. Harriman's speech was in part as
follows:
The Impression prevails that I control more
miles of railroad than any other one man.
That statement. i mad frequently. I dny
It: it le not true. I do not control one mile
of railroad. I do not believe In one man or
any one company controlling vast interests
of this kind. There are 14.000 or 15.000 per
eons who co-operate In the control of . the
railroads and other corporations in which I
am interested. One man could not do the
work and do it right. We have our stork
holders and our board of directors and they
all share In the responsibility of conducting
our affairs. I appear as a dictator in the
published statements, but I am not. Every
Important step In our business is" considered
by many minds before any decision is reached.
Last year this Congress passed a resolution
Antagonistic to the general clamor that in
creased power be given to the Interstate Com
merce Commission in the regulation of rail
roads and other corporations. Your conten
tion was. that the Sherman anti-trust law and
the Elktns amendment gave the commission
sufficient power to correct existing evils. But
since your Congress passed that resolution.
the Congress of the United States passed a
measure which is now a law that gives to the
Interstate Commerce Commission almost un
limited power. The commission is given the
power to control all of the railroads In this
country- It is composed of seven men. and
four of these men constitute a quorum who
can control all of the transportation lines of
this country
May Give Too Much Power.
I do not want to criticise tne commission.
I believe it acted in good faith when it said
it needed more power. But, as I said last
night, the President in his Harrisburg speech
indicated that still greater power should be
conferred upon the commission. Now before
any further action is taken I should like to
see how the power which exists under the
present law will be used. Perhaps it may not
be necessary for tne commission to act under
the new law. If the commission makes a
mistake in the use of lis "power, conditions
may ensue from which the business Interests
of this country will not recover in ten years.
The transportation business ts the most vital
of all in the development of the country. No
community could prosper without transporta
tion facilities. Your success and the success
of the Interests you represent depend largely
upon the transportation lines of the country.
I think the railway traffic men have learned
by this time that they do not make rates,
but equalize tbem. The rates are made by
the communities served by the railroads. The
money centers must be treated alike. You
could not disturb rates at this distributing
center without affecting all other distributing
centers. The rates are controlled by com
mercial necessities. But under the new law
the rates controlled from commercial neces
sity now may be controlled by political op
portunity. The politician may promise a re
duction In rates for election to office.
Can't Improve at Lower Rates.
The railroads have reached almost the limit
of economy in transportation. If rates are to
be lowered, the railroads must be able' to
carry traffic at less cost than now. The great
Industrial development In this country since
1899 has been due to the fact that the owners
of railroads have had confidence in the com
munities and the people served. In order to
develop all sections of the country, the rail
roads have improved their lines and spent hun
dreds of millions for perfection. The railroads
must continue to Improve. The expenditure of
money for railroad improvement gives other
business interests a chance to expand. If the
railroads are too soon subjected to a reduction
of income, 'where is the money coming from
to develop the railroads further and to de
velop your Interests?
Mr. Kindel in his speech said that Den
ver was the victim of rate discrimina
tion by the railroads. He said that it
cost much more in proportion to ship
goods from Chicago to Denver than from
Chicago to Omaha. He quoted rates on
various articles to prove his assertions.
He said that he was not contending
that the rates be lowered, but that they
be equalized. He also said that he had
shipped foreign-made goods from Liver
pool via Galveston cheaper by $75 a car
than he was able to ship American-made
goods from Buffalo to Denver via Gal
veston. H. D. Loveland. of San Francisco, ad
dressed the Congress on the subject of
San Francisco, saying in part:
The splendid characteristics- of our whole
people, characteristics which stamp our civili
zation as the highest product of the twentieth
century, found expression in San Francisco's
hours of suffering. We cannot forget it, and
San Francisco will ever hold sacred and dear
the memory of that kindness and sympathy
whlch was, indeed, twice blest, in that it
honored those who gave and saved from suf
fering those who received.
Thank God, not all was gone. Something
still remains, and out from the blackness of
that desolation and devastation there shone
and still continues to shine with ever-lnereas-ing
brilliancy that divine spark, that part of
Himself which God has implanted in the
hearts of men -'courage that was not born
to die." Sustained by faith and hope, and
encouraged by the most magnificent and
spontaneous exhibition of heartfelt sympathy
which the world has ever seen, the people of
our strlcksn city have Indeed set an example
for all time in historic courage and manly en
durance. Much was to be done and much
remains to be done, but I assure you that
much has been done, and well done.
Reform Leader Needed.
Our municipality is unquestionably passing
through" one of those periods which are a part
of the history of all large cities. But it ts
also true that this era of municipal misrule
must Insure a Folk, a Jerome, a Weaver or a
La Follette, who would appear In San Fran
cisco at the psychological moment when the
public conscience is sufficiently aroused and by
the powers of recuperation characteristic or
the American people, these . wrongs will be
righted.
Capital and labor are fairly harmonious, and
there is work for all at good wages. Retard
ed somewhat by insurance adjustment, the re
building of our city la the wondsr of all who
see it. Permits have been Issued for the
erection of buildings since the Are aggregat
ing $27,000,000. The earthquake did but little
damage except on made ground and too cheap
ly constructed buildings. Our firs will prove
an ultimate blessing to our city; Indeed, In
some respects it has already, proven of benefit.
What we most desire now is that you will
come and see for yourselves and let us show
you by deeds and words our appreciation of
your splendid sympathy at a time when we
needed help.
Thurber on Socialism.
F. R. Thurber. of New York, spoke
of "Socialism, its Influence upon busi
ness and the development of our coun
try." He said in part:
The present tendency toward combination
Is simply a reaction from extreme compe
tition. Steam, electricity and machinery so
Increased the activities of production and
distribution that the power of competition
was enormously enhanced and this has
forced co-operation to regulate and control
it within reasonable limits. Wherever un
limited power exists, there Is danger of
tyranny, and there may be combinations
both of labor and capital which ars unrea
sonable and which should be controlled and
regulated in the interests of the public but
thus far the danger Is on the side of un
limited competition rather than in unlimi
ted combination.
Organization has not abolished compe
tition; it has only lifted competition to a
higher plane. The lot of the "trusts" is
not entirely a happy one. A large propor
tion of them have failed, reorganized or
passed dividends.
The Sherman anti-trust act was the re
sult of a wave of radical public opinion cre
ated by politics and cheap Journalism. Its
provisions were drastic and unnecessary.
Two farmers shipping their produce to
an interstate market cannot agree that they
will not sell below a certain price without
violating it. History repeats itself, and we
now have a professional Socialistic and yel
low Journalistic propaganda, supplemented
by a political "reform" praetice-flre that,
unless a back fire of common sense is built,
may do great damage. Even our popular
President is liable to err in his impulses
unless he studies this subject more deeply
than he has as yet. Time to oppose radical
legislation is before it is enacted, not after
w ard.
WOLVES Till UPON WITTE
ALL PARTIES IN RUSSIA TRY TO
DISCREDIT HIM.
Government Aids Socialists In At
tacks on' Ex-Premier, Fear-
t.
Ing His Return to Power.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20 Since his
return to Russia. Count Witte has been
showered with abuse and attacks on all
sides. A campaign to discredit him and
prevent his ever returning to power is
openly in progress. The Socialist press
has given him the lie direct on the sub
ject of his declaration that he had no
communica.tion with the Worklngmen's
Council during his premiership, and high
officials of the government are furnish
ing material for attacks upon htm.
The reactionary papers are filled with
articles abusing the Count, among the
mildest terms employed being "stupend
ous liar." "traitor to the fatherland" and
"political and financial card-sharper."
The voice of M. Kovalevsky in the
Strana is the only one raised in the
ex-premler's support He says Witte is
undoubtedly the most clever man in the
government camp and that abuse is dic
tated by fear that his star may again be
in the ascendant.
NOT EQUAL TO HIS BROTHER
Frank Hoppe Badly Beaten at Short
stop Billiards.
NEW YORK. Nov. 20. Two games
in the 18-2 short-stop billiard tourna
ment were played here today. In the
afternoon game Frank Hoppe. Jr.. of
this city, an elder brother of Willie
Hoppe, made his debut, but his oppon
ent. Tom Gallagher, also ot this city,
proved to be too much for him, win
ning by a score of 400 to Zi4.
The night game between Harry
Cline, of Philadelphia, and Alexander
Taylor, of Chicago, was won by the
former in his 28th inning by the score
of 403 to 379.
ALL RELATIONS ARE SEVERED
Pennsylvania Refuses to Play With
Harvard Resenting Snub.
. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20. The Uni
versity of Pennsylvania athletic com
mittee tonight announced that all ath
letic arrangements with Harvard had
been severed, the Pennsylvania athletic
officials refusing to ratify the two in
tercollcglate basketball games which
had been scheduled for Pennsylvania
and Harvard. The stand taken by
Pennsylvania was brought about by
the action of Harvard in refusing to
meet Pennsylvania in football this
Fail.
Girl's Plea to Her Murderer.
HERKIMER, N. Y., Nov 20. Pitiful
letters written by Grace Brown to Ches
ter Gillette, while she was waiting at her
parents' home for him to come and keep
hi9 promise to marry her, were read in
court today at Gillette's trial, charged
with causing her death. The letters
caused a sensation, and it became neces
sary to fumifih a heavy police escort for
the prisoner on his way from the Court
house to the Jail.
Harriet Benedict, whose name has been
frequently mentioned in the case, went on
the stand today and denied that she ever
had been the sweetheart of Gillette.
Leaves Clealum Enough AVater.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Nov. 20 The Reclamation Serv
ice has formally released three cubic
foot of water per second from the
Clealum River for the use of the City o
Clealum. Wash., and its inhabitants for
domestic and municipal purposes. Thi
water was reserved recently for Govern
ment irrigation in the Yakima Valley
but It was found that the Government
reservation cut short the city supply.
Equitable Allowed to Appeal.
ALBANY. Nov. 20. The appellate divl
sion. third department, today handed
down two decisions in the cases of Mary
S. Young of Saratoga against the Equit
able Life Insurance Society of the United
States and its directors individually. The
effect of the decision is to allow the ap
peal of the defendants to go to the
Court of Appeals on questions of law.
1ST
United States. Inspectors Sub
pena Many Dix Survivors.
LIST OF DEAD GROWING
So Far as Has Been Definitely Deter
mined There Have Been No
Bodies Recovered From the
Puget Sound Disaster.
SEATTLE. Nov. 20 The list of victims
of the marine disaster that occurred off
west Seattle on Sunday night now wavers
between 45 and 50. Of the first list of
missing five have since been accounted
for. but others have been added to the
list, so that the exact number of dead is
not known. Mrs. Harry Lubbering
Florence Lubbering, William McKnight,
G. T. Bennett, H. A. Schlem have been
accounted for. Of this number Bennett
was the only one on the Dix at the time
of the disaster.
Everything is in readiness for the for
mal inquiry into the collision, which be
gins at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
United States Inspectors of Hulls and
Boilers Turner and Whitney have sub
penaed nearly all the survivors, as well
as the officers of the boats.
Leonard Masters, the 15-year-old boy
who lost his father, mother and sister.
has been the recipient of much sympathy
as a result of his great sorrow, and many
offers of assistance have been offered
him, as well as expressions of willingness
to adopt him.
Dr. W. A. Major, of the Bethany Pres
byterian Church, is arranging memorial
services for the victims of the disaster.
which will be held in Seattle within
sight of the waters of Port Blakeley, an
other service) of sorrow also being held
tomorrow.
No bodies were recovered today. The
report that the body of Albert McDonald
had been recovered on Monday has not
yet been confirmed, although received at
many places.
To the list of missing yesterday these
names have bean added: Joseph Buch-
er. ship caulker, Seattle: George Burns.
longshoreman. Port Blakeley, E. M.
Rogers, blacksmith. Port Blakeley: Wil
liam Butterfield. millman; August Han
sen, fireman: Joseph Borbun. blacksmith.
Port Blakeley.
BROTHERS AND SISTER LOST
North Bend Man Gets Sad News
From Wreck of Dix.
NORTH BEND. Or., Nov. 20 (Special.)
C. M. Byler. manager for the Simpson
store, left for Seattle today on the steamer
Kilburn. to look after the remains of
two brothers and a sister drowned in
the wreck of steamer Dix.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL REPORTS
Legislature's Attention Called to Al
leged Grainbuyers Combination.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Nov. 20. (Specials-
Attention of the Legislature is called to
the alleged grain buyers' combination at
Portland and Puget sound and the inabil
ity to prevent same for lack of anti-trust
legislation, is in the biennial report of
Attorney General John D. Atkinson, now
being prepared for the printer. The At
torney General points out that the consti
tution provides that anti-monopoly laws
be passed, but none have been that will
allow prosecution in the matter called to
the attention of the Attorney General by
W. H. Reed, Grain Commissioner.
Atkinson reports also that the const!
tutionalUy of the Railroad Commission is
attacked because of the exemption from
the provisions of that law of street rail
ways and electric roads.
He reports progress in the state dividing
line suit of Washington against Oregon,
now before the Federal Supreme Court
The office has appeared in the past 22
months in 134 cases and has issued several
hundred opinions to state officials. The
report will include a summary of the more
important cases and decisions.
Elected Under Another Name.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Nov. 20. (Special.)
The Treasurer-elect of Klickitat County
is really Jackob Kaarabka. though gen
erally known and elected as Jacob
Crocker. In a letter to the present
Sheriff, Assistant Attorney-General
Falknor today decided that so long as
there was no mistake in identity and the
voters knew the man the election is legal
despite the disparity in name.
Mills Will Run, Day and Night,
NORTH BEND. Or.. Nov. 20 Owing to
damage to lumber mills by high water on
the Columbia River and in the State of
Washington, the North Bend mills will
run day and night crews.
GETS COURT TO HURRY UP
Negro Murderer Hastens Execution
to Escape Lynching.
CENTER,Tex.. Nov. 20. Dick Garrett,
the negro who killed Dr. Paul, Saturday,
will be executed tomorrow. After the
doctor s funeral today friends of the
murdered man were so wrought up that
an attack on the Jail was imminent. The
accused sent for District Attorney Im
boden. waived all his legal rights and
requested to be hanged tomorrow. Judge
Davis agreed to take up the case in the
morning, accept a plea of guilty, pro
nounce sentence and let the execution
take place immediately.
Ryan's Sons to Succeed Him.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Thomas F.
Ryan's resignation as a director
from all of the railroad and industrial
corporations with which he has been
First Rule
of Health
Ask your doctor, "What Is the
first great rule of health?"
Nine doctors out of ten will
quickly reply, "Keep the
bowels regular.' While you
are about it, ask him another
question, "What do you think
of Ayer's Pills for constipation?"-
.
We publish the formulas
of all oar preparations.
J. C. Ayer Co.,
LowaU. Kaaa.
NQUIRY
0 DAY
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK?
Have You Rheumatism, Kidney, Liver
or Bladder
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Pain or dull ache in the back is un
mistakable evidence of kidney trouble.
It is Nature's timely warning to show
you that the track of health is not
clear.
If these danger signals are unheeded
more serious results are often sure to
follow; Bright's disease, which is the
worst form of kidney trouble, may
steal upon you.
The mild and immediate effect of
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LAME BACK.
Lame back is only one of many
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symptoms showing that you need
Swamp-Root are. being obliged to pass
water often during the day and to get
up many times during the night, in
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identified and that hereafter he would re
tain his official connection with only some
of the financial and fiduciary institu
tions with which he is identified, does
not mean that he will withdraw his
financial interest in the companies.
It is stated that Mr. Ryan's eons. Allan
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Do You Believe
in Signs ?
If the hedgehog can
see his shadow on .
Candlemas Day
i
winter is bui half their money is well spent.
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Blood, Skin, Nervous and Special
Diseases of Men
We do not treat all diseases of the human
raff, but make a aperlalt-r of treating; and
curlnsr XERVOUS DISEASES. BLOOD DIS
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Hen Cured Quickly, Safely and Surely
There is absolutely no inconvenience, loss
results are direct, speedy and permanent. We QtX-$.3?: SH-J?:-S
cure you of disease to stay cured,
to talk with every man wno sutlers rrom
those afflictions, due to anv cause whatever.
We want to explain our methods of curing
disease and all ailments of the kidneys and
blaJdcr. our oince is equipped witn every
thing science can devise and money can buv that will assist us in cur
ing; diseases we treat. We are true specialists, and do not attempt to
treat all diseases, but cure all we treat. Our methods of curing are
original, positive, absolute.
Over 50 Per Cent of Our Cases Have Been Cured at a
Cost, of $10 and Many Only $5.
CONSULTATION ALWAYS FREE
Office hours 9 A. M. to 1P.M.; Sundays and holidays. 10 A. M. to 12 M.
Dr. W. Norton Davis & Co.
Offices ln Van "oy Hotel, 62 Third Street, Corner Pine, Portland. Or.
Trouble?
ability to hold vour urine, smarting or
irritation in passing, brick-dust or
sediment in the urine., catarrh of the
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nervousness, sometimes the heart acts
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loss of flesh, sallow complexion.
If your water when allowed to re
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In taking Swamp-Root you afford
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If you are already convinced that
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but remember the name. Swamp-Root,
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A. and John, will probably take their
father's place on a number of the com
panies' boards.
Traveling- in Spain is not expensive, the
charges in comfortable hotels being only
$1.3.-. a day
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