7 FINES THE RAIL Sunday. Laat perfrtrmanea Sunday - night. LETS GIRL Reserved seats axft now on sale at the box- office. ".Sign or the Four" at the Lyric. Have you aenn "The Sign of the Four' at tha Lyric this week t it not, you have missed one of the beat things of the sea son. There are but thrA days remaining of the phenomenally successful run. Ml s--'- iV.r 2ir -, U-'-iitj Court Punishes Vanderbilt Line for Rebating. Gillette's Own Story of Grace Brown's Death. COMING ATTRACTIONS. TITE MORXTNG OTtEGQN'IAN. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 23, 190G. ROAD DROWN FAVORS TO SUGAR TRUST Second Penally Imposed, Plea of Immunity Being Brushed Aside. Sentenoe on Trust Not Yet' Pronounced. NEW YORK. Nov. 22.-JudKe Holt, of the ITnlted States Circuit Court, to day fined the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company J1S, JUO for rebating freight charges to the American Sugar Rettiiing Company. The tine was the result of an Indict ment charging the company with re bating in the sum of $:!,000 to the American Sugar Refining Company, on which charge the defendant company had been found guilty. Sentence In the case of the American Sugar Refining Company, convicted of receiving the rebates, was deferred un til Tuesday next. There were two counts In the indict ments against the New York Central and a fine of $108,000 already had been imposed on the first count. In passing sentence, Judge Holt de nied the contention of counsel that a corporation cannot be fined. He de clared that under the provisions of the Klklns act a corporation is responsible for the acts of Its agents. ANOTHER BLOW AT STANDARD Ohio Sues Buckeye Pipe I.ine for Equal Service and Rates. KINDLAY, O., Nov. 22. The Buckeye Pipe Line Company was made the de fendant in a suit filed in the Circuit Court late today by William L. David, prosecuting attorney of Hancock Coun ty, and George H. Phelps, from the Attorney-General's office. The State of Ohio is the plaintiff. The petition alleges that the Buckeye Pipe Line Company is organized under the laws of Ohio with a capital stock of $10,000,000, and is empowered to transport and store petroleum by means of pipes. The petition charges that ever since Its organization In 1SS6 it lias been a member of the combination known as the Standard Oil Company. It operates in six counties in North western Ohio and rharges20 cents per barrel for the transportation of oil any distance. Such charges, it is said, are only nominal and are imposed to prevent others from availing them selves of such facilities. Plaintiff prays for an alternative writ of mandamus and that the de fendant provide for the public equal end just facilities for transportation In Ohio and fix a schedule, of rates. LAYS BLAME OX RAILROADS Grain Man's Figures Show Lack of Cars Checks Crop Movement. MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 22. The Minne apolis hearings conducted by the Inter state Commerce Commission for the pur pose of investigating the methods used in the grain business of the Northwest, and the relation of railroads and grain com panies, came to an abrupt end at 3 P. M.. the attorney for the commission stating that he bad examined all the witnesses he desired. Commissioner C. A. Prouty thereupon announced that the commission will meet tomorrow in lxiluth. This afternoon the witnesses discussed the farmers' representation on the Cham ber of Commerce floor. h". G. Van Pusen gave statistics which show the lack of railroad facilities is retarding the movement of the crops, and not the limited accommodation for ter minal stoniso. He said that at the head of the lake the terminal storage capacity is 34,rj0.0"O bushels. These elevators now have on hand but 9 X7O.0")O bushels. At .Minneapolis the terminal capacity is 30. oiW.omi bushels. There Is on hand but u,K7,0U0 bushels. DENIES THEM IMMUNITY BATH Commission Calls No Witnesses Who Are Under Indictment. MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 22. Grain firms an 3 railroad men who were recently in dicted by the special grand jury in Minneapolis at the instance of the De partment of Justice, will get no "im munity bath" from the Interstate Com merce Commission, which closed Its . session today, as none of the witnesses before the last jury were called by tiie Commission in the Investigation of the relations between the grain trade and the railroads. Turbine Engines for German Navy. HERLIN, Nov. 22. Vice-Admiral von Kickstedt, director of the Construction Bureau of the Navy Department, an nounced today at a meeting of the Technical Shipbuilding Society, that the German navy intended to use turhine engines in the future. Emperor Will , iam was present during discussion on the subject. AT THE THEATERS What the Ptom Agenta Say. JJOBERT KOKSOX TONIGHT. Famous Coiucilj-DraniH, "Strong- IirarlV' at the Ilcilig Theater. The (litlnpuishf-d actnr, Robert Edeaon, atul tifs x''l!f Ht company of playem will present "StrotiKiifHrf at the Ilojiig Theater, Kourtfpni h and Wahinpton street b, tonight and tmnorrnw ntgru. with a special matinee loni'irmw ( Saturday afternnny at -; 1 3 oVlnrk. This tntm-tipting rnmedy-drama is onf if tho great fftt FUrreses in t hcatriral history the past few yearn and will he the talk of tho town today and tomorrow. Mhhl Ionian" Matinee. Tomorrow. The celehi-Htfd character of thw old potter In "The Middleman." now being produced at the Fnker, if a lenson In humility, pa tience and hom'nty. A delightful lnve story If threaded through tho piece, ivhhrh puts Mtn Lawrence at her beat. Matinee to morrow. "Peek's Bad Boy." "Teclt s Pad Boy" Is a light farce comedy. This year nw features hava been added and the hoy la funnier than ever. There will be a popular-priced matinee tomorrow for the benefit uf nchool children who cannot attend through the week. 'Tolly and I" at the Star. Tolly and I" is A comedy-drama which Ir inaKlnor a hit this week at the Star The ater. The Allen Ftock Company in well cast and all the players have good parts. The plot deals with the loss of a diamond neck lace. Matinees will be held tomorrow and "I'nele Josh Sprucehy" Specialties. The huskin bee and barn dance will be two great features In the rural comedy, "trncle Josh Spruceby," which appears at the Empire all next wek, beginning with Sunday matinee. The floods have not inter fered with the Empire attractions and Uncle Jonb will be en time with a special Thanks giving matinee. lieoncarallo Next Monday. Leoncavallo and his famous orchestra of 65 musicians, together with ten vocal solo ists from the La Sea la Theater, Milan, Italy, will bo heard In Leoncavallo's "Zaza"' next Monday afternoon, November lift, and Leon cavallo's "Pagliacci" the same evening at the Heilig Theater, Fourteenth and Wash ington streets. Seats are now selling a,t the theater for both afternoon and night. "A Temperance Town" at Baker. Hoyt's great satire on prohibition, "A Temperance Town," will bo produced by the Baker Company next week, with William Dills as the deacon. The first performance will be Sunday matinee and the advance sale is heavy. A Thanksgiving matinee will be a feature of next week. Thanksgiving: Week at the Lyric. The Thanksgiving attraction at the Lyric will be "We Uns of Tennessee," a play that has pleased a Nation. It has never before been attempted by a stock qompany in Port land. MAX FIG MAX SUNDAY. "The Man on the Box" Coming to Hcilig Theater. Max Fig man In "The Man on the Box' will be the attraction at the Heiltg Theater next Sunday night, November 2", continuing Tuesday and Wednesday nights, November 17 and 2S, with a special matinee Wednes day. Mr. Flgman is one of the most finished actors on the American stage and brings a, comedy that is the dramatization of one of the most popular novels of late production. Mr. Figman will be supported by an excep tionally clever company. Seats are now selling at the Heilig Theater for the en gagement. AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS Clever Bill at the Grand. Among the big acts at the Grand this week in "Aunt Louisa's Advice." presented by those talented players. Mr. and Mrs. TrlesdeJl. Willard Newell and company have a comedy sketch, "Last Night," which is a continual laugh. Daily matinees and two performances each evening. Strong Bill at Pantages. The doublo feature at Pantages Theater this week is the live La Ford brothers, acro batic, musical clowns, and the Two and One Half Cascades, tho one-half being the great est of child comedians; Biff and Bang, whirlwind comedians; Drew and Wright, novelty sketch team; Jimmy. Cheatham, top- notch monologist; Leo White, In a new ill ustrated song, and new moving pictures com plete a strong bill. HANDLING OF RELIEF FUND California Promotion Committee Is sues a . Statement. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22. Owing? to the fact that wide publicity has been given to charges that Jl.000,000 of the relief fund contributed to San Francisco has been diverted or stolen, and owing to the further fact that those who have sent money to San Francisco are entitled to a correct statement of conditions, the Cali fornia Promotion Committee has sent out the following statement; "More than 6,000,000 contributed to San Francisco came in small sums, ranging from 10 cents up to several thousand dol lars. These sums came by mail and ex press, in all forms, from postage Btamps and currency to money orders and bank drafts. Of the entire amount sent, but two sums went astray one a package of currency containing $1085.50 from Search light, sent to the National Bank & Trust Company, of Los Angeles, by express; the other a package of $300 sent by mail from Baltimore. "The finance committee of the Citizens" Relief Committee of Forty, afterward in corporated to handle relief and Red Cross funds; consisting ot -21 prominent business men of San Francisco, received all funds and tho books of this committee were ex amined by General Bates, a representa tive of the National Red Cross Society, sent from Washington l"or that purpose, who declared them kept under a system that guaranteed their correctness. "The Massachusetts Association, for the Relief of California sent a committee to San Francisco to investigate the methods of relief work. On ita return to Boston it made a report, going into detail and cov ering every point in the work of relief in San Francisco. The report of this com mittee resulted in the Immediate forward ing of the balance of the money in the hands of the Massachusetts organization. "James U. Hague, of the New York Chamber of Commerce Committee for the relief of San Francisco, spent several weeks -in San Francisco, investigating conditions. After hie report was made to the New York body, funds amounting to JOOO.000, held by the New York com mittee, were ordered turned over to the San Francisco relief corporation." PERS0NALMENTI0N. Mrs. D. .1. Phillips is progressing favorably at her home, 194 Liownsdale, where she has been confincu as a re sult of the .severe accident she sus tained on her return trip from New York City. CHICAGO. Nov. 22. Special.) The fol lowing Oregonians registered today: Auditorium A. 1j. Lrfng. A. E. Croas nian, Miss A. E. Midlaw. Portland. Great Northern A. McFarqualt, Port land. Morrison B. A. Bewlev. Oregon. NEW YORK. Nov. 22. (Special.) J. M. Caldwell of Seattle registered today at the "Victoria. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 22. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Potter Palmer, in her pri vate car Independence, left Spokane this afternoon at 4:15, on the O. R.. & N.. bound for Portland. Five More Soldiers Discharged. SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Nov. 22. Five soldiers, the last witht one exception of the 12 members of the Twenty-fifth Infantry who have beea held in the guardhouse here since' the Browns ville trouble, were discharged . with out honor at the post headquarters this morninsr. One man. by special or der from the War Department, is be ing held. No reason Is given In the order for his detention. Sugar Planters Face , Bankruptcy. MANILA. Nov. 22. The sugarplanters of Nogros Island, which oidinarily is the richest producer of that staple in the Philippine group, complain of ruinous market prices. Some of the planters are upon the verge of bankrup'cy. and many are borrowing at the highest rate of inter est in order to continue in operation, hoping the market will improve) AFRAID HE WOULD DROWN Lame Explanation of Failure to Res cue Her From . Sinking Boat. Three Conflicting Stories of How Boat Capsized. HERKIMER, JT. Y.. Nov. 22. Chester Gillette's own story of how his sweetheart came to her death in the waters of Big Moose Lake July 11, as related by him to 'Under Sheriff Klock, who arrested him at Arrowhead the Saturday morning following, was retold today to the Jury which Is trying the young ' man on tha charge of murder. It was brought out that Gillette knew that the girl had been In a delicate condition since. He said he and she bad been intimate for a year. "When the boat upset, accidentally, as you say, and she was floundering help lessly in the water, why did you not" go to her. assistance?" Under Sheriff Klock tndpv fiwrvrA he Malted hta niHsmier "Because," the young man replied, "i was .afraid that she might struggle so that we would both go down." Rescued Baggage, Not Girl. District Attorney Ward followed up this lead by presenting In evidence, the suit case, the camera and tripod, the tennis racquet and other articles which are sup posed to have been rescued from the wa ter by the young man after the boat up set. "Gillette told me," continued the wit ness, ' mat ne shouted to the girl to hold on to the stern of the boat and he would try to get her ashore. He said he did not get near her, for he was holding on to tne boat." Klock's story was the only testimony of interest presented during the afternoon session. He declared that since his ar rest Gillette had given three explanations sjs to how the boat was overturned. When asked if he or the girl was to blame for the alleged accident, he replied, accord ing to the witness: 'I suppose I am to blame for it." Defense May Say "Suicide." i . Rev. Cuthbert Front, of Lowvllle, testi fied that at Arrowhead on Friday he over heard Gillette ask two young men If they had heard of a tragedy on Big Moose, in which a young girl had been drowned. The witness did not hear the answer the men gave. A clew to the probable defense of Gil lette was given in the letters of Miss Brown, which were read in court yester day. In them she wrote several times that death would soon remove her from the path of her lover. It is believed that the -defense will seize upon this as indi cating that the girl contemplated suicide, and that this will be their explanation of her death. The state, it is said, has medical ex perts to show that the frequent allusions to death and a desire to die in "Billy" Brown's letters are common symptoms of the condition the unfortunate girl was In at the time. FIRE L0SSAT BAY CITY Whlttier-Coburn Oil Company and Asphalt Company Plants Burned. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22. Fire to night destroyed the plants of the Whlttier-Coburn Oil Company and the Bar ber Asphalt Company at Seventh and Cooper streets. The loss la estimated at $500,000, with little insurance. In a tierce gale blowing 50 miles an hour, the fire department tonight had the hardest battle with flames since the dis aster of last April. The .fire started in the plant of the Barber Asphalt Paving Company, at Seventh and Hooper streets, and. driven by the high wind, the flames had already spread to the warehouse of the Whlttier-Coburn Oil Company adjoin ing, and were leaping toward the plant and storage tanks of the Standard Oil Company, directly across the street, when the fire department arrived. The firemen centered their efforts on preventing the fire from spreading to the lumber yards at one side and the whole sale district on the other. It was only by the hardest work that the Standard Oil plant" was saved. Had its many tanks, tilled with oil, caught fire, it would have meant the destruction of the lumber and wholesale districts. The Barber Asphalt and the warehouse of the Whittier-Coburn Company, contain ing over JsoO.OOO worth of glass and large ciuantilies ot wall paper were completely destroyed. BLOW TO TERRORIST CAUSE Finnish Senate Denies Russian Reb els Right of Asylum. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 22. The de cision of the Finnish Senate to yield to the demand of the Russian P.remier for co-operation with the Russian police in arresting a Russian refugee, thus re nouncing asylum in Finland, is a stag gering blow to the revolutionary cause in the Grand Duchy. Since the latter regained its autonomy It has been the base of revolutionary activity, hund reds of terrorists and revolutionists living at Helsingfors, Viborg and other centers. Official Vota of Ohio. , COLUMBUS. O.. Nov. 22. The official canvass of the vote cast at the late elec tion in Ohio was completed by the Secre tary of State today. The total vote was 812.263. For Secretary of State, Thomp son, Republican, received 40S.0S6; Hos klns. Democrat, 331. 676: Hensle. Socialist, 18,432; ljughes, Prohibition. 11.970; Elsen berg, Socialist-Labor. 2211; scattering, 19, 008. Thompson's plurality is 66.390. Fairbanks Speaks in Florida. TAM-'A, Fla., Nov. 22. Vice-President and Mrs. Fairbanks arrived here this morning. The Vice-President de livered two addresses, one In the morning at the court house during his review of the parade of veterans of the blue and gray and dne at a state fair grounds in the afternoon. Gertrude Hill Is Now Mrs. Gavin. ST. PAUL. Nov. 22. Miss Gertrude Hill. . youngest daughter of J. J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railroad, was married to Michael Gavin, of New York, in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church here this afternoon. Tuller Elected Football Captain. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berk ley. Cal.. Nov. 22. W. K. Tuller. '08. was elected captain of the "varsity Rugby team for next year at the annual banquet given the football squad at Idora park. ill w m 3 m k. c t. AN EVENT OF PRIME IMPORTANCE Is the interesting demonstration of the superior cooking and baking qualities of " MALLEABLE" STEEL RANGE Now going on in our store. It shows what wonderful progress has been made in range building, and the Which are cooked in "The Mailable" and served free and freely to our visitors, is convincing of the un excelled qualities of this scientific range. "The Mailable" is the range where the consideration is for a better cooking apparatus greater economy satisfaction in every way a range that will last a lifetime. Our liberal terms of payment $1.00 Has been the means of placing hundreds of these ranges in Portland and suburban homes. To those who have in mind the selection of a modern and scientific range, we will guarantee and install in your home "The Mailable." We give liberal allowances in the exchange for old stoves and ranges, BUCK'S HEATERS $1.00 DOWN $1.00 WEEK IEE SCALES ISRE RAISED DEMANDS OF BUILDING TRADES MET IN PART AT SEATTLE. Schedule Is Effective December and Will Add Much to Cost of Construction. SEATTLE, Nov. 22. Demands- made by organized labor in the building trades for an increase of from 20 to 25 per cent in the daily wage schedule have been riled with the Master Build ers' Association, of this city, an organ ization of contractors , and have in part been granted. The Increased wage schedule will add enormously to cost of buildings to be erected nest year in this city. The carpenters led off two weeks ago with a demand for an increase from $4 to Jo per day. The new wage sched ule is to be effective December 1, and to be operative on all contracts under taken after November 24. Electric wire men, concrete men, carpenters' helpers, hod carriers, lathers and hoist ing engineers demand an increase of from 75c to $1. - Dwellings Coated With -Mud. KIONA, Wash., Nov. 22. (Special.) The Yakima River at this Place has re turned to its regular channel and most of the flood refugees have gone back io their homes. The houses of A. J. Wimer, J. H. Kennedy, T. T; Maynard and several other riverside farmers were full of water for several days, and when the river wept down and the owners returned home, they found the furniture upset or drifted into piles, and a thick coating of 111-smeIllng mud over all. Chickens and cats were found perched in trees or shrubbery, half starved and nearly frozen. No stock was drowned and the dam ,age duns in this valley is not so great as at first appeared. The greatest loss In Kiona Valley will be the injury to household goods and the loss of the water wheels along the river. Aged Pioneer Celebrates Birthday. MONMOUTH, Or., Nov. 22. (Spe cial.) A number of friends gathered at the home of Orville Waller Wednes day to celebrate his 84th birthday.-Mr. Waller was born in 1822 in Morgan County, 111., and crossed the plains in 1849, covering the ejitire distance with an ox team. He lived In Eastern Ore gon for some three years, and. coming Alcohol not needed Ayer's Sarsaparilla is not a strong drink. As now made, there is not a drop of alcohol in it. It is a non-alcoholic tonic and alterative. Ask your own doctor about your taking this medicine' for thin, impure blood. Follow his advice every time. He .knows. W. publi.h th form vlM of all our preparations. J. C. Avar Co., Low.il. Kaaa. YOUR CREWT IS GOOD jj t TiiWMttxr. -lit; tor- DELICIOUS BISCUITS IN THIRTY DAYS C0MPLETE-H0U3E-FURni5HER5I to the valley, located at Eola, then a very prosperous town. Here he en gaged in a general merchandise busi ness for many years. His kindness and hospitality was attested by many weary pioneers. He was the father pf five children, all of whom are dead ex cept one son, now living in Idaho. Dowdall Doffs Prison 'Stripes. SAN QUENTIN, CaU Nov. 22. James Dowdall, who was sent to the state peni tentiary here for a term of 50 years on the charge of having robbed Dr. T. B. W. 'jeland in San Francisco, a crime which was later confessed by Siemsen and Dab ner, who are being held on three murder charges, was released from prison today by authority ot a pardon from Governor Pardee. At the time of his trial Dowdall refused to make any defense. Baker Children's Thanksgiving Box. BAKER CITY, Or.. Nov. 22. (Special.) The Baker City school children are join ing in a big contribution of good things to the unfortunate children in the Boys' & Girls' Aid Society Home in Portland. The contribution Is a Thanksgiving box which will carry within its big square sides clothing, vegetables, dainty eata bles and even money, for the children are contributing their hoarded pennies to the cause. T7 9. C Cottolene makes pies and pastry digest ible it makes crisp, flaky pie-crust-the kind that will melt in your mouth rather than stick in the pit of your stomach. There is no getting away from the fact that lard is the fat of the pig. There was a time in the olden days when lard was made from a particular part of the pig, the selected part it was called the "leaf" that is, the peritoneum; but, with the growth of the industry lard is now thrown on the market made from pig-fat from all portions of the animal, and lard, today, is not as good as the lard of years ago in fact it is more indigestible, and more unhealthy. Cottolene is a cleanly vegetable product COTTOLENE was granted a GRAND PRIZE (highest possible award) over all other cooking fats at the recent Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and food cooked with COTTOLENE another GRAND PRIZE. "Horn tfelpa" a book of 300 choice recipe; edited by Mrs. Rorer, im your for a 2 cent stamp, if yott addretm The N. K. Fairbank Company, Chicago, A NEW FEATURE The patent ur-tia-ht top ea this pail is tot the purpose of keeping COTTOLENE clean, fresh and wholesome; it also prevents it from absorbing all disagreeable odors of tho grocery, such as fish, oil, etc Nature3 s Gift from the !Wai .ISiBWWCiiB FRAGRANT AND COFFEE $1.00 in A WEEK EREAFTER CASE OF THE SHIPPERS LUMBERMEN HAVE VERY COM PLETE EVIDENCE. Photographs Will Be Introduced Showing How Long Cars Have Beeu Delayed on Sidings. SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 22. -(Special.) Evidence gathered by the Pacif ic Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Asso ciation to form the basis of complaint against the Northern Pacific and Great Northern systems Indicates when the case comes to trial before the Inter state Commerce Commission it will be the most sensational, in the history of Western traffic struggles: Photographs show cars loaded with lumber lying on side-tracks until wheat grows on the piles. Shipments which should have been made across the continent In less than 30 days have required SO days, going from Gray's "0 1 of Hal ably improved. Fol low directions given on the pail. , 5S3 MONARCH GAS HEATERS $1.00 DOWN $1.00 WEEK Harbor to the Minnesota Transfer be tween Minneapolis and St. Paul. From scores of lumber mills certi fied statements of losses have been made because of failure of the trans portation companies to furnish cars. The aggregate loss will ampunt to many millions. It will be further shown that of the 15.000,000 tons of freight hauled by the Northern Pacific in 1906, nearly half originated in the state of Washington. The lumbermen, will show that the earnings of one of the Northern roads was J76.000.000 for one year, and that only a trine over 11,000,000 was spent for new equip ment. Moreover, H will be alleged that the Hill roads have not added materi ally to their equipment during the past two years. New Telephone Company Coming. HOQUIAM, Wash., Nov. 22. (Special.) Edward C. Finch, to whom was granted a telephone franchise by the City Council of Hoquiam, today posted 1500 forfeit with the City Clerk. This franchise during Its passage was fought by the citizens of Hoquiam, and was vetoed by Mayor Mc Intyre, but passed over bis veto. Owing to poor service given by the Sunset Com pany, the new system will probably be rushed. e made from pure, refined cotton seed oil. It makes food palatable, digestible and healthful. Cottolene is the purest and best shorten ing. It is not a substitute for lard, but an improvement upon lard or any other short ening. When you accept a substitute for Cottolene you are not getting your money's worth. Cottolene is the original and only shortening on the market. It is prefer able in more ways than one in purity, re sults and healthfulness. Try Cottolene for a short time, and you will find that your digestion is notice Sunny South