THE HORNING OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1907. CATTLE BARONS HEAR SENTENCE Nebraska Land Thieves Must Pay Fine and Spend Year in Jail. nesses, many of the latter being vete rans or 'S3, whom the Government had broueht from a long distance, to prove that false entries had been made and' the titles turned over to Weare. The trial lasted 15 days. Weare was convict ed, sentenced to one years imprison ment and given a fine of $1000. A pecu liar incident in connection with the Ware case was the offer of Dean Beech er. rector of Trinity Cathedral, of Omaha, to go to jail In Rev. Mr. Weare s fead. This tender was made in open court, and created a sensation, ware was charged with having; secured fraudulent title to 200,000 acres of Gov ernment land. Another case, which had caused a Cnltcd States Marshal to lose his posi tion, was that -of the owners of the Spade ranch, the Tiead of which was Bartlett Richards, one of the most prominent politicians in Nebraska. As- -w w- m m n TnAi o I uociaieo wnn wcnarQB were "hi LESSER TERMS FOR TOOLS Comstock and Charles C. Jameson, and tneir noiaiugs amounted to aoout oau a million acres of land. They were all convicted on 37 counts of conspiracy to defraud the Government In the securing of titles to land, the trial lasting: 30 days. Aquilla Triplett. a fourth mem ber of the Arm, went to Mexico and es caped prosecution. Nearly oO rases of a similar nature are now pending- on the docket of the United States Court, and Special Attor ney-General Rush will be charged with their prosecution. He has at his com mand a corps of special agents from the Secret Service Bureau at Wasning- ton who will aid in securing evidence. - . , , . . ausu was appoiniefx U) JVllCTIlCJ- stock. Joint owners of the Spade cattle QeneraJ Q1 lg94 Atatant rls- ranch, one of the largest in the nited .,,. u, wa. wht w known j . .. - -- as a Cleveland Democrat, but of late Cartridges and Rifles Show Negroes Fired Them. . Richards and Comstock Given Their Ine After Vain Plea for Clem-, encj Result of Big SticK's Falling on Officials. OMAHA. Neb.. March 18. (Special. Kartlett Richards and William G. Com- atotos ve this morning in rederai Court given a heavy sentence of fine and Imprisonment each on charges of con spiracy to defraud the Government out of the use, possession and title to large tracts of public land by means of fraudu lent entries and subornation ot perjuiy. Something; over a year ago the same defendants pleaded guilty to similar charges and were sentenced to six hours in the custody of the United States Mar shal and fines of $300 each. The Marshal turned them over to their owu attorney end the six hours were spent in tne dii- ii.ni.mnm of an Omaha club. In conse quence of the light sentence and the method of Its enforcement, the big stick foil on Marshal Matthews and District Attorney Baxter, and both lost their of ficial heads. Realize No Quarter for Frauds. This was the beginning of the realiza tion throughout the West of the deter mination on the part of the Administrat'on to give no quarter to the big cattlemen eutttv of land frauds. Sylvester R. Rush was then given the title of Special Assist ant District Attorney, with the especial - duty of prosecuting vigorously all such years has allied himself with the Re publican party. His success has been notable, and daring his term of office he has managed to keep clear of en tangling political alliances. His last pun auo ItrBuodun tr s luumiOddB carries a large increase of salary. INDICTED FOR IAND-FRAUDS New Mexico Grand Jury Accuses Six Corporation Employes. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., March IS. The United States -grand jury in session at Santa Fe today returned six Indict ment against parties to fraudulent trans actions in the coal land of San Juan County, N. M. Most of those Indicted are employed by the Utah Fuel Company and the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, the corporations which recently were the subjects of Inquiry at Salt Lake City. Among those Indicted Is Robert Forester, geologist ror tne man uei company, who figured prominently In the Salt Lake hearings. The indictments charge conspiracy to cases and preventing the continued viola- defraud Government, some suborna tion of the land and fencing laws. Special secret service men were sent out ana large number of indictments Nhave been brought and several convictions obtained, including those against the Krause bro thers and Rev. George Weare. Special efforts were directed against "Richards and Comstock who are prin cipal owners of the Nebraska. Land & Feeding Company, and in May last an indictment of over 500 pages, includ ing o or more counts, was returned against them and seven other defend ants. Richards, Comstock, Charles C. Jameson, Aquilla Triplett and F. M, Wolcott were tried first, and Thomas M. Huntington. Fred Hoyt, James c. Reed and Amsi B. Todd will come up for trial at the April term. Over a nun dred witnesses were examined. Includ ing old soldiers from several states who had been induced to file on land which It was shown was taken for the use of the defendants, who paid the expenses of the filing. On December 20 verdicts of guilty were returned against all the defendants except Com stock, who was acquitted. Notice of a new trial was at once given and this was overruled today by Judge JIunger. ' Plead Advice of Lawyer Before sentence was pronounce Comstock made an earnest plea in be half of himself and his co-defendants, in which he Said that in the land trans actions they acted under and by the advice of their attorney; that they be lieved they wjcre within their legal and moral rights, and were supported by rulings which had governed the practice of the .Interior Department for many years. Mr. Comstock pleaded especially for clemency for Mr. Jame son, who, he said, "was not a free agent in these matters, merely a sub ordinate who believed he" was doing right." A. W. Critea, of Chadron, attorney for the defendants, who was Register of the Land Office in the Cleveland administra tion, said they had never intentionally violated the law of their country and that. If tho practices had been condemned by the Department of the Interior years ego, "such a ease as this would not have been possible." Fines and Year In Jail. Bartlett. Richards and W. G. Comstock were sentenced to a year's imprisonment and a fine of 11300 each, and Jameson and Triplett to eight monthrf imprison ment and a fine of $900 each. Richards and Comstock are considered the wealthiest cattlemen In Nebraska. Their ranch inelosure covers 600.000 acres. Triplett at the time of his indictment was enguged in the restaurant business in Portland. Notice of appeal was given and bonds of 96000 furnished by each of the defendants. tlon of perjury and perjury In connection with filings on Government coal-bearing land In this territory. JAPANESE WAITERS OUSTED TACOMA UNION'S ULTIMATUM IS RESPECTED. Peerless Grill Also Dispenses With Japanese Porters Brown Men Gracefully Retire, TACOMA. March 18. (Special) Trouble brewing between the Cooks and Walters' Union and the management of the Don- nelly Cafe, Peerless Grill and Helms Tav ern, over Japanese help, was temporarily settled when the Japanese dishwashers at the Donnelly stopped work today. When the two Japanese threw up tneir jobs, word was sent to the Peerless Grill , that they had been discharged. Not want ing to be left In the light alone, the Grill management dispensed with the services of its Japanese porters. Charles Helm. manager of the Tavern, still has two Japanese porters, for the reason he can not get union men who will do the work. The decision to attempt to prevent the employment of Japanese m the restaur ants and cafes was reached at a meeting of the Cooks' and Waiters' Union last week. ANXIOUS FOR MEDICINE '(Continued From First Page.) SUCCESSOR TO HEXEY FOUND Ruh as Ruthless In Prosecuting Nebraska Land Thieves. OMAHA. Neb.. March 13. (Special.) The appointment of Sylvester R. Rush to be Special Assistant to the At- torney-General -of the Lnited States, which has Just been announced from Washington, will hardly make glad the hearts of land barons throughout ' the West, especially those who have secured title to millions of acres of Government land byv methods that are at least ques tionable, not to mention fraudulent. The prowess of Rush has gone before him. and he has left a record of prosecutions in his pathway that has struck fear to the grabber of Government lands. Special Attorney Rush has. In fact. reached his present enviable position pure ly by dint of his success in sending to prison many persons of high station who have come within the clutches of the law by reason of operations in titles which the United States Government has declared to be In violation of the land laws. These convictions have been dis tributed well, one going to an Episco pal clergyman, another to a prominent Nebraska politician, and others to men who were satisfied to call themselves merely ranchmen. When President Roosevelt got his "big itick to work on the land-grabbing prob lem the first to feel Its stroke was a Nebraska ranchman. Since that time number of these land barons have been convicted, all receiving prison and fine sentences, and several of them have been served out. Herman Krause and his brother were convicted and given sen tences of imprisonment and a fine of $500 fach. They went to jail, served their time and paid their fine. This was not " lone, however, until the sentence had been confirmed by the United States Circuit ?ourt of Appeals. Following quickly upon this convic- ;lon. Rev. George Q. Weare, an Episco- al minister of Deadwood, S. D., was trought up for trial, on an indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the government out of land titles, through intries made by old soldiers. There was I great array of legal talent and wit public hostility to railroad corporations, there Is no doubt that to this reeling alone must be charged op the flurry in the New York financial district and, while I have no desire to poa as a pessimist, so far as the Bants. F Is concerned, we are prepared to draw in. The Belen cutoff is nearly com pleted and will be ready for all kinds of railway service in about three months and the double-tracking of our lines between Chicago and Kansas City will not Toe Inter rupted. Other work of importance.- how ever, must wait until such time as money conditions are more propitious than they are at the present. Take the Harrlman organisation or the Chicago ft Alton, for instance, after all It was one in which the public at large had no material concern. It was a Wall street affair purely. Discussing' - Government ownership, President Ripley said: My personal holdings In railroad securi ties are so very small that I cannot be ac cused ot having a material prejudice on this subject. I am. however, unalterably opposed to Government ownership. As as American who loves his country and has mads a study of the matter In all its phases. I mm vlnoed Chat Government ownership would mean the downfall ot the republic. Speaking for the 58.000 odd stockholders of the Santa Fe. I would not object to th Government's acquiring - the system, pro vided it paid for the property what it worth. The capitalisation is at 10.000 mile, and It could not be duplicated at that figure. President Confers With Yoakum. WASHINGTON. " March 18. The Presi dent had a conference today with B. F. Yoakum, chairman ot tne ooard oi di rectors of the Rock Island Railway Com pany. This is the' second conference the President has held witn Mr. loarara within ten days- Mr. Yoakum declined to state the purpose of this Interview. Mr. Yoakum left at midnight tor New York. Just before bis departure he made this statement: "I cannot talk about any conference which occurred at the White House. I came here on my own initiative and merely continued conversation which I bad with the President and the In terstate Commerce Commission last week. Thatls all I can say about the matter." ROOF BY EXPERTS N RIOT AT BROWNSVILLE Four Guna of Company B Identified as Ones Used, According to Tests Gray's Story De nounced as Fake. - WASHINGTON. March 18. Thirty rifles from Company B. Twenty-fifth Infantry, were used in the Brownsville affair, if the army Ordnance Bureau can substantiate the reports sent to the Senate committee on military affairs today concerning the microscopic examination of the cart ridges picked up in the streets of the town on the morning of the shooting. All the rifles in the possession of the battalion at- Fort Brown on the night of August 13 were sent to the Springfield ar senal and two shots were Dred irom eacn. The shells used were then compared with those nicked up at Brownsville and the officers making the' tests reported that it has been demonstrated beyond dispute that four guns of Company B were used in discharging all of the S3 bullets. Two of Company B's rifles, said to have been used in the affray, were kept in the storehouse under lock, the key of which was In the possession of former Quarter master-Sergeant Walter McCurdy. and the other two rifles were said to have been Issued to Privates Joseph Wilson and Thomas Taylor. .Senator Foraker imme diately had subpenas issued for Taylor and Wilson and for the recall of McCurdy. The conclusion of the war ue- Dartment. exnressed in the letter to Chairman Warren from Secretary Taft, which was presented by Lieutenant Haw kins, of the Ordnance Bureau, in that the shells were discharged from Springfield rifles In the hands of members of com pany B, one of the discharged companies of the Twenty-Fifth Infantry. Mr. Taffs letter says that the shells were examined by Lieutenant Hawkins and G. A. Spooner, expert inspector of gagues. used in the manufacture of mus kets at the Springfield arsenal. All the rifles in the possession of the three com panies of the Twenty-Fifth Infantry on August 13, were In the hands of these experts and two regular cartridges were discharged from each rifle and the dis charged shells subjected to full examina tion. Mr. Taffs letter stated that from an official list of companies B, C and- D. and the number of guns, one from which eight and the other from which 11 of the shells were discharged, were guns In the storehouse of Company B, which had not been issued to enlisted men. but "were In charge of the quartermaster-sergeant. and that the third gun. from which It of ! the shells were discharged, was a gun assigned to x nomas layior, a private ul j Company B, and mat tne rourtn gun. from which three shells were discharged, was a gun assigned to Joseph 1a Wilson, private of Company B. Concerning tne evidence, the Secretary says: 'Of course, the very reasonable hypo thesis that the men who did the shooting each used such sung as they could get on the night of August 13, and would not necessarily have used the guns offi cially assigned to them, makes this evi dence weighty in showing that some of the members of the battalion rather than the individuals also were guilty." Mr. Taft's letter stated he bad directed the foreman of the gun-cleaning eqead at the arsenal to be present at the dis position of the committee to testify as to their record for cleaning a gun. Mr. Warren today received Irom Tait a copy of a dispatch from San Antonio, as follows : The Adjutant-General, United States Army. Washington Chief of Police Gal veston, has just wired me confession of Gray, supposed discharged soldier, ap pearing in papers today, is a fake. "SLucK.auja. .Major. The dispatch relates to an alleged con fession printed In a Galveston newspa per and sent broadcast throughout the country. Heard Shots Purina; Raid. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 18,-At the Penrose courtmartial today Alexander Ash, formerly a private In Company D, of the Twenty-fifth - Infantry, testified that be was on guard duty at the Mata moras Ferry the night of the Browns ville raid. He heard several shots about midnight. He declared that he was ap proached while on duty - by Individuals and then a party of men. who remarked, "Better get him," and "He's on duty." Fish Enters Gould's Inner Circle. - NEW YORK. March 18. Stuyvesant Fish, former president of the Illinois Cen tral Road, recei.tly elected director of the Missouri Pacific, was today elected a member of the- executive committee- of that company at the meeting of the board of directors in this city. All the officers ot the company were re-elected at the same meeting. Rebuild Aberdeen Mill. -ABERDEEN. Wash, March 17. (Spe cial.) The" Blade mill has been rebuilt and the capacity doubled. The work lis Btlll under way.' At the present a half shift is being worked night and i day. The improvement will cost about 1250,000. m WILL NOT GET BUTTE TEAM Russ Hall Emphatically Denies Men Will Go to Belllngham. SHATTLB. Wash"., March 18. A special to thePost-intelllgencer from Butte says: Russ Hall emphatically denies the re. port of the transfer of the Butte franchise to Belllngham in an in terview tonight. He stated, that transportation had been forwarded to tho men engaged for the Butte team and that the team would concentrate at Moscow. Wash next Monday, for three weeks' practice. FRESH BUNCH IN DRAGNET .. f Continued From First Page!) prize fight boodle of 820,000. James Coff roth. Will S. Brltt. Morris Levy and Eddie Graney, known collectively as the "fight trust," each subscribed 85000 to secure the exclusive privilege of prize fight permits for the year 1908. This money was placed in Graney's hands last January, and by him paid to Ruef in Ruefs office in the same month. To the Supervisors, whose vote It was necessary to secure, Ruef, al ways careful of his expenditures, paid $00 apiece, withholding the reet. which was divided between himself and Mayor Schmita. Tonight each of the seventeen Super visors who testified before the grand Jury during the day. was called in turn before the Inquisitorial body, presumably to swear to his confession. A large corps of stenographers was busy at a late hour preparing, the indictments, and it Is expected- that" this work will not be com pleted before some time tomorrow. Commissioner Wilson, an ex-Super- visor: H. M- Ovens, an attorney; Adolph Spreckels and a mysterious young woman, whose name was given by Burns as Miss A. 8mith. and who is said to have been employed by the Board of Supervisors as stenographer, were also before the grand jury during the day. - GREAT LINE OF WHITE GOODS WRITE FOR THE NEW SPRING CATALOG ', All the weaves that are to be popular this season. New Lingerie Waistings, Embroidered Paris Mousselines, Linen Lawns, Plaid Effects and Figured English Nain sooks are a few of . the correct wash fabrics we are showing. Don't Let Any Sort of Weather Keep You From Attending the Opening DISPLAY OF Dress Fabrics "Tis by long odds the texture style display of the West, season's wear, if yon come to this opening. You'll be better posted as to the correct weaves and the right colorings for this Special displays of radiantly beautiful silks and handsome patterns in dress goods in the aisles, on the counters and on the ledges. Fains hare been taken to make this the most comprehensive showing we've ever attempted, we've been hurrying up the express companies so that we could have the goods all here for this event. Now, we invite you to a display that is unusually complete, the most decidedly satisfactory assortment that you've bad an opportunity to view, and goods that we'll be proud to nave you examine. 'NOUVEAUTE EN RAJAH." the latest thing on the markets in the silk line. Here in a large line of patterns; you've not a one less than a hundred to select from. Comes in plain or fancy patterns, all shades. We have a special agency for Portland, there fore all the patterns. L0UISINES, in dots, stripes, small checks and broche effects. Light colors predominate; the yard, 75, $1.00, f Cf $1.25-and pl.OU TATFETA SILKS, in fancy desipjis; much the same designs and colorings as the Lonisines. ' Snecial WASH taffetas, in A" plaid, stripes and checks, mostly in black and white and gray colorings; will wash like a piece pf gingham, and the best dollar grade, on the market. Special, this we;k, yard 81c MESSALINES, in black and all colors and shades. A soft finish silk with a satiny sheen, 21 inches wide.; the . & 1 O yard '.....V- PRINCESS CREPES, famous for wearing qualities, in gleaming irridescent colorings, iu black, white and all colors; flfl the yard pAUU NEW WHITE AND CREAM SILKS of all sorts, including the famous Shantung pon gee, in white or natural; the f O ff yard. 50c to ., .6.11 NEW GRENADINES, in black and colors; new Marquisettes, etc. . . DOMESTIC PONGEES, 27 to 36 Cf inches wide, the yard, 85c to. . . P & CHENEY BROS.' SHOWER-PROOF FOU LARDS, in fancy patterns, the . 0 1 )C yard, 85c and..;..,.. pl4iJ NEW PRINTED TAFFETAS, in white grounds with orange flowers, f O ff for evening wear, yd., $1.25 to.V w.vl EXCLUSIVE DRESS PATTERNS IN RICH BROCADED SILKS, beautiful for evening gowns, t ome in the handsome pastel color ings, -i'nee, tne pattern, up to $85.00 "RAJAH" SILKS A most complete stock more colors and more designs than we've ever had: Plain Rajahs, the yard..., S1.25 Fancy Rajahs, the yard $1.75 TUSCAN SILK An Oriental weave, similar to the "Rajah," with embroidered polka k dots, 24 inches wide, yard $1.25 C--, MOHAIRS, more in favor aJfeCCUi than ever,' and that's what we make the special on. These come in cream and white, and a full line of colors. To make it specially inter esting for three days, this special: $1.00 grades..89 $1.50 grades.. $1.21 $1.25 grades.. 98t? $1.75 grades.. $1.48 A little medicine of the rlgrht kind, taken at the rigrht time. Is. Invaluable. That means Carter's Little Liver Pills, and take them aow. Some Very Pretty Waists Have you been in to see the White Waists for Spring and Summer t If not, you want to come soon, for the. assortment is worth the time it, will cost you to see it, to say the least. Short sleeves on - nearly all white waists this sea son, trimmings are lilmy, loamy laces , and dainty embroideries. Made of white lawns and nain sooks with lace or embroidery in sertion in front, yokes of allover lace or embroidery, sleeves fin ished at elbow, wih lace, or any style that you may like. Priced tlf?.!?.. $5.00 $42.50 NEW SILK RAINCOATS, some of the jauntiest styles ever produced, come in plain colors or fancy checks, plaids and stripes. Ex ceedingly attractive, priced at $20 to NEW SUITS are plentiful now, and the Eton model leads all the others, both in number and in popularity of selling. The Eton jackets this season have short sleeves, most of them finished with lace or trimming. A close sec ond to the Eton suit in popularity is the pony jacket suit. These are very smart and more mannish than the Etons. Then there are the tight-fitting models for those who have plump figures, and the VERY new cutaway models, in the newest striped and checked materials. SILK SUITS, in jumper, tailored or Princess models. CHILDREN'S COATS, in fancy worsteds or silks, mostly long models; worsteds in light colors, checks, plaids, stripes and invisible checks and plaids. Silks eome in plain colors, plaids and stripes. Special Sale Curtains Everyone in all Portland who has to buy things for the home should read this adver tisement with keenest inter est. It's a story of very spe cial prices on the sort of cur tains that are an embellish ment to any home, be it mod estly or richly furnished. Such curtain bargains as these are rare indeed, it pays to be prompt in taking advant age of them. Come look over the lot and you'll agree with us that we're making you some very liberal price concessions. Curtains worth $ 5.00 for, pair 3.50 Curtains worth $ 6.00 for, pair 4.20 Curtains worth $ 7.50 for, pair Jj; 5,25 Curtains worth $ 8.50 for, pair 5.75 Curjains worth $10.00 for, pair $ 6.85 Curtains worth $11.00 for, pair g 7.50 Curtains worth $12.50 for, pair. Jj5 8.50 Curtains worth $14.00 for, pair 9.75 Curtains worth $15.00 for, pair, .$10.50 Curtains worth $16.50 for, pair..... SS11.50 Curtains, worth $17.50 for, pair..... $12.25 Curtains worth $20.00 for, pair $14.00 Curtains worth $21.00 for, pair -..'.$14!65 Curtains worth $22.50 for, pair ....... ....... .$1575 Curtains worth $23.50 for, pair t..$ 16.25 Curtains worth $27.50 for, pair..... $19.00 Curtains worth $33.00 for, pair $2300 Curtains worth $37.50 for, pair.-. $2600 Custains worth $42.00 for, pair $2900 Many Easter Novelties in the China Department When you're looking for something suitable for Easter remembrances, don 't forget that we have many articles in the China Section that are especially intended for that purpose. Eggs combined with different figures and subjects, such as egg and toothpick holders, egg and bonbons, egg and vases, egg and comic figures, rabbits and eggs, frogs and eggs, also a large assortment of china pig novelties. LIBBEY CUT GLASS, for Easter gifts, in a large selec tion of articles and splendid variety of patterns. We are exclusive agents in Portland for this famous ware, and it is well-known that the name of "Libbey" on a piece of cut glass is the best guarantee possible as to quality and workmanship. We have this ware in all sorts of articles suitable for decorative purposes or table use. We are opening new lines of silverware for table use at popular prices. VALUE OF ITS L N Cooper Gives Figures on Right - of Way of N. P... IN SPOKANE RATE CASE Total, Excluding Terminals, Is $31, 900,000 Spokane Terminals Are Land Grants Coal M fries Worth $50,720,170. CHICAGO. March IS. Interstate. Com merce Commissioners Prouty and Harlan today heard evidence m the complaint of the merchants of Spokane, that they are charged excessive rates on freight by transcontinental roads. They assert that the rate to Spokane Is made up by adding to the through rate to Portland the local rate from Portland to gpokane, despite the fact that Spokane Is east of Portland. The first witness was Thomas Cooper, Land Commissioner of the Northern Pa cini! Hallroad. He told of the value of the railroad property In order to assist the . Commissioners In determining whether rates charged are excessive. Counsel for the complainants brought out . on cross-examination of Mr. Cooper that some of the estimates placed by the railroad upon certain of its properties, were caused by fights between the West ern railroads. The coal properties of the company were declared to " be worth J50.7.im - Of these properties the one at Red Lodge, Mont., was said to be the only one purchased by the company, the others having been obtained by land grant, Mr. Cooper declared that - the right of way ol the railroad, excluding terminals, . was worth $31.00,40Q. On cross-examination he was unable to say how much of this valuation came through land grants. He said he would endeavor to have the figures ready for the next session ot the Commission. ' - Questioned as to parts of the terminal properties obtained la land grants, Mr. Cooper said that almost all of the Spo kane terminal property was obtained in that manner. MUST ESTABLISH JOINT KATES Interstate) Commission Issues Order Against Texas Pacific. WASHINGTON, March 18. The Inter state Commerce Commission today de cided the case of the American livestock Association and the Texas Cattleraisers" Association against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company and others. The Com mission holds that the public Interest re quires the establishment of through routes and Joint rates formerly provided for in joint tariffs, but grants leave to any party to apply for a modification of the order which 'may be issued in this pro ceeding at any time and provides that such order shall be withheld for 30 days. The carriers are granted authority to establish such joint tariffs upon 10 days notice to the Commission. The Commission holds that in the case of the Blackwell Milling Company against the Missouri. Kansas A Texas Railway Company the arbitrary charge of 5 cents per M0 pounds on shipments of Sour and other grains in addition to the regular transportation charges was unjust and unreasonable and requires -the carrier to retrain rrom applying the arbitrary charge aunng we next two years. The com plainant Is awarded nominal reparation. The Ponca Milling Company against the same railway was awarded nominal reparation. . , The case of J. B. Harris against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Com pany on the unreasonableness of freight rates from St. Louis to Oklahoma City, Okla., has been dismissed without preju dice to the right if the complainant to call in question the unreasonableness of tne rate involved, in case it shall here after become actual discrimination. city for excess otthe amount printed on the ticket. The ordinance goes Into ef fect at once. DYNAMITE IN HELICON HALL Upton Sinclair Admits Finding Large Quantity In Cellar. NEW YORK, March 18. Upton Sinclair, whose co-operative colony house. Helicon Hall, near Englewood, N. J., was de stroyed by fire early Saturday morning, admitted today that three weeke ago enough dynamite was found in the cel lar of the building to have blown the structure to fragments. This statement, taken in conjunction with the finding of a piece of the ex plosive alongside the wreck of the boilers on Saturday afternoon, has spurred the authorities to more vigorous efforts on the theory of Incendiarism. Two detec tive were assigned to the case today. Ropes were stretched around what re mairts of the hall which " Is merely de bris, and policemen were placed on guard there to prevent the removal of possible evidence. END TO THEATER GRAFT Chicago Council Prohibits Scalping Practice In That City. CHICAGO. March 18. Theater-ticket scalpers have become so numerous in Chicago that the City Council tonight, in response to a demand from the theater going public, passed an ordinance making it unlawful for tickets to such entertain ments to be sold in any place but the box-office of the playhouse. The ordi nance also prohibits the selling of tick ets to any sort of entertainment in the UNIONS SHOW INCREASE American Federation Also Reports Surplus in Treasury. WASHINGTON. March 18. At a meet ing of the executive council of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, which began here today. President Gompers reported on the work outlined at the Minneapolis convention with reference to the yet un organized workmen and other matters of importance. He laid stress upon the effort made to secure information on child-labor, and upon the Improved conditions secured by the unions for the working people. Secretary Morrison submitted a report for the few months since the close of the Federation's fiscal year, showing an In crease of more than 50,000 members, as compared with the corresponding five months of Jast year. The report says that exclusive of the funds of the aftillated national unions (which have exclusive control over their own finances), there Is $116,114 In the Federation treasury. Fletcher Moulton, who has recently been elevated to the British Court of Appeals bench and is now known as Iord Justice Moulton, Is one ot the most famous mathematicians In England- WEDDING J ! AND VISITING CARDS t j W.G.SHITH6C0. i Washington Bailding A. . s. - V