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VOL. XLVI. NO- 14,563.
PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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STRIKE PROMISES
TO SPREAD TODAY
May Affect All Cities
in United States.
MEWS ASSOCIATIONS ARE HIT
Employers Given 24 Hours to
Meet Demands.
RANKS OF STRIKERS GROW
Half-Thousand Men Go Out -Sunday.
Commissioner Xeill and Presi
dent Small Exchange
Telegrams.
PROGRESS OF THE STRIKE.
National officer of Telegraphers'
Union willing to stand behind
strike action of locals.
Walkout promises to be general by
Tuesday, unless agreement Is reached
on plan for settlement.
Men employed by press associa
tions give- employers 24 hours in
which to grant Increase In wages.
Five hundred men Joined strikers
yesterday. Four thousand men are
now out.
Commissioner Nelll. President
Small, Samuel Oompers and Ralph
M. Eaaley expected to hold confer
ence In Chicago early this week.
Situation In Portland.
All operators In Portland are still
on duty and will remain at their
posts until called out by President
8mall. Every man Is prepared to re
spond It a general strike Is ordered.
. CHICAGO, Aug-. 11. The strike of
the union commercial telegraph opera
tors will be universal throughout the
United States and Canada within 24
hours, according- to National Secretary ,
Russell, of the telegraphers' organiza
tion. This statement was made by Mr.
Russell after he had been informed of
the action taken by the men , in New
York, who, at a meeting there today,
decided to hold a walkout in abeyance
until the latter part of the week.
"This strike movement," said Mr.
Russell, "has come to a point where
there can be no backing down. The
telegraphers have been trodden- on long
enough by the companies, and now that
we have the opportunity we are going
to use all our strength to enforce our
demands. For several weeks President
Small and myself have been holding the
telegrapher, bark, and have -been ad
vising conciliation; but they have tak
en matters in their own hands and we
are going to stand by them. No union
man will be allowed to work with any
one not belonging to our organization,
and this means that tomorrow morning,
when the business of the week begins,
the strike will become universal. We
cannot go half way in this matter now.
The strike has been precipitated by
the men themselves, without the sanc
tion of the National officers, but we
are now working in unleon and any
thing that the officials of the various
unions throughout the country have
done In calling strikes meets with our
hearty co-operation."
Railway Telegraphers Offer Aid.
This announcement was made by Mr.
Russell at a mass meeting of the strik
ing telegraphers held In Brand's Hall
this afternoon. The hall seated 1500
persons, and eo great was the demand
for accommodations that several hun
dred of the striking operators were un
able to gain admittance to the build
ing and remained on the streets in the
vicinity until some of the early arrivals
had left the hall.
The Order of Railway Telegraphers
was represented at the meeting by Na
tional Secretary Quick. Mr. Quick In
formed the strikers that his organiza
tion was at their disposal, both morally
and financially. "We have 11,000,000 in
our own treasury," said he, "and it is
at your disposal. Tour fight is ours,
and we will stand with you until the
end."
Before the mass meeting the 320 union
telegraphers employed by companies using
leased wires was held. At this gather
ing brokers, news agencies and commer
cial organizations, Including the big packing-houses,
were represented. A resolu
tion was adopted declaring that this class
of labor was underpaid and that the vari
ous firms would be asked to sign a wage
schedule and also to employ none but
union telegraphers.
It was decided to let the private-wire
men prepare and present their own sched
ules to their employers. The broker-men
will present their schedule at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning. The broker-men will
ask for a minimum of 130 a week.
Demands on Press Associations.
The men employed by the press asso
ciations presented their request at 7:30
o'clock tonight, and the employers will be
given 24 hours to comply with It. The
schedule presented calls for $35 a week
for six nights' work, and 70 cents an hour
overtime, eight hours to constitute a
day's work, with half an hour for lunch.
The operators employed by the news com
panies and newspapers in the daytime
will ask for $30 a week and GO cents an
hour overtime, eight hours to constitute
a day 'a work, and the regular lunch.
These requests were presented to every
newsgatherlng organization in the United
States and Canada this evening, and 24
hours will be allowed for an answer. If
at the end of the time the demands have
not met with a favorable response, the
men will report to the union officials, and
they say a strike will be ordered.
In regard to the newspaper end of
the controversy Secretary Russell is
sued the following statement tonight:
To all publishers. United States and
Canada: The Commercial Telegraphers'
Union does not desire In any way whatever
to hamper the newspapers of the country.
We are fighting for our rights, however, and
believing 'hat the telegraph operators em-
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Samuel Gompers, President
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, Who Will J
Federation of Labor,
Assist In Effarts to Settle Tele-
graphers' Strike. jl
ployed In this service are underpaid, we
have authorized our men to present a
schedule to their employers asking for what
we consider reasonable recompense for their
labors. If these demands are not met by
the various news gathering organizations
within a specified time the men will be
ordered to quit work.
Ranks of Strikers Augmented.
In Chicago today the officials of
both companies declared that they had
more men working than they needed.
"Sunday is quiet in the telegraph busi
ness." said one of these officials, "but
we could have handled twice as much
business as we did. - In fact we sent
several operators home as we did not
need them.
About 505 men were added to the
tanks of the strikers today. The new
recruits came from various sections
throughout the country. In each case
the strikes being precipitated by the
men refusing to work with non-union
men in other cities. Tonight approx
imately 4000 telegraphers are on
strike, divided among the following
cities: Chicago. St. Louis, St.' Paul,
Minneapolis, Milwaukee,' Denver, Kan
sas City, Memphis, New Orleans, To
peka, Sedalla, Mo., Puebla, Jackson,
Miss., Dallas, Houston, Nashville, Co
lumbus, O., Meridian, Miss., El Paso,.
Salt Lake. Helena, Fort Worth, Okla
homa CRy. Birmingham, Augusta,
Sioux City, Omaha, Knoxville, Council
Bluffs, Charleston,. Galveston. Atlanta,
Texarkana. Fargo. N. D., Los Angeles,
Colorado Springs, Jackson, Tenn., and
Beaumont, Texas.
AWAIT ACTION' OF CONFERENCE
New York Telegraphers Will Keep
at the Keys Until Friday.
NEW YORK. Aug. 11. Action looking
to a strike of the 3000 telegraph operators
in this city has been deferred until next
Friday, pending an important conference
in Chicago early this week at which
United States Labor Commissioner
Charles P. Neill, Samuel J. Small, presi
dent of the Telegraphers' Union, Samuel
Gompers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, and Ralph M. Dasley,
chairman of the executive council of the
National Civic Federation, will endeavor
to effect an adjustment of the difficulties
between the telegraph companies and
their employes throughout the country.
The decision was reached at a meeting
of the local telegraphers' union today.
News that Commissioner Nelll was en
route to Chicago to try to bring about
a settlement was announced at the meet
ing by James P. Archbold, secretary of
the National Civic Federation, who said
the Commissioner was proceeding in the
matter at the request of President Roose
velt. Secretary Loeb stated tonight that
the President had not ordered the Labor
Commissioner to interfere in the strike
and that the Labor Commissioner had
not informed the President of his action.
Secretary Loeb added, however, that the
Commissioner . had full power to act In
the matter without executive directions.
Men Anxious to Strike.
Deputy President Percy .Thomas, of the
Telegraphers' Union, announced after the
local meeting today that President Small
and members of the National executive
committee will meet In Cnicago on next
Thursday to discuss the advisability of
calling a general strike. Mr. Thomas said
that he made arrangements ' to call a
general strike in all cities and towns
east of Pittsburg, and the calling out of
the operators depended upon the report
of the Chicago conference. '
The meeting of the local Telegraph
ers' Union was punctuated with acri
monious discussion on the question of
deferring action . on a strike, and it
was only after a three-hour argument.
In which the local union officers used
all their efforts for deferment, that the
decision was finally arrived at giving
the local executive committee power to
call a strike if the Chicago conference
failed to result In material concession
to the -local employes of the Western
Union and Postal Companies.
Several hundred telegraphers were
present when Joseph Ahearn, president
of Local No. 16, convened the meeting
at Manhattan Lyceum this afternoon.
There has been much strike talk during
the day and the operators were strong
ly of the opinion that a strike would
be called. Deputy President Thomas,
who was delegated yesterday by Presi
dent Small to direct the situation In
the Kast. made a short speech In which
he said that he was willing to abide by
any decision of the meeting. Several
warm speeches declaring for a strike
were made by members after the speech
was concluded, and a motion to call a
strike was about to be made when
Chairman Ahearn announced that
JapunesTP. Archbold, secretary of the
National Civic Federation and a mem
ber of the Brotherhood of Painters,
had an Important statement to make.
Mr. Archbold said that he had re-
(Concludec) on Paga S.)
EN MORTAL FEAR
1 1
OF
Reign of Terror in
Pennsylvania.
STATE TROOPS GALLED OUT
People in Mill Towns Afraid to
Leave Their Homes.
ITALIANS UNDER ARREST
One of Them Identified as Brute
Who Slashed Woman's Throat
Because She Refused to Give
Money Detectives at Work.
PITTSBURG, .Aug. 11. (Special.) The
whole mill district of Western Pennsyl
vania has been roused to action by the
outrages .charged to the murderous
Black Hand Society. The streets of New
Castle and Htllsville are being patrolled
by Troop D of the State Constabulary.
More than 40 suspects, including four
known leaders, are in Jail at New Castle.
The State Constabulary was ordered out
by Governor Edwin Stuart on petition of
citizens, who are afraid to leave their
homes, fearing attack.
Evidence is being secured by Pinkerton
detectives employed by the United -States
Steel Company. The detectives are work
ing among the Italians and as fast as
evidence is secured suspects are rounded
up by the state troops. The police of Al
legheny City today made the most im
portant captures during the crusade
against the Black Hand, In which the
officials of New York. Philadelphia,
Rochester and other cities are co-operating.
Black Hand Villain Identified.
Giatana Racco Is in jail, accused of
slashing the throat of Mrs. Mary B.
Basusko at her home, when she refused
to give up money demanded by him and
another Italian, for whom the police are
looking. The woman has positively iden
tified Racco as the man who slashed her
throat with a razor, while his accomplice
held a cap over her face.
Tonight Racco was identified as one of
the assassins of Domlnio Marattio, a
wealthy Italian lured from home at night
and shot to death, after receiving Black
Hand letters that threatened death un
less he gave up $5000. Racco was identi
fied by Samuel McKee, who witnessed the
murder' from his home. Racco lived In
New York, from where the threatening
letters came to Marattio. The police be
lieve he was sent here as the agent of
the society to assassinate the wealthy
Italians.
Michaelo Govlnite, a wealthy owner of
fruit stands In Pittsburg and Allegheny
markets, has appealed to the police for
protection. During the last week he has
received letters from New York, Lon
don, Philadelphia and Rochester, de
manding $3000, under threats of death.
All were written in red Ink and signed
"Maghiflco." He Is living In constant
fear of assassination.
Woman Raves in the Hospital.
Mrs. Bazusko Is in a critical condition
as a result of the deep gash across her
throat, and her mental condition is piti
ful. She fearg the Black Hand agents
will get into the hospital and finish their
work. She told detectives that when
Racco attacked her he said, "I am boss
of the society in Allegheny; better give
me money, or we will kill you; If I don't,
some one else will."
OPPOSE SENDING FLEETS
Certain Element In Congress Against
Naval Display In Pacific.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 11. (Spe
cial.) The President's naval pro
gramme to send powerful battleship
and cruiser fleets to the Pacific Is
threatened by a certain element in
Congress. Inquiries made at the Navy
Department by members of the Naval
Affairs Committees of the two houses
and by individual Senators and Rep
resentatives, indicate that there is
strong opposition to the programme in
the East. Unless the fleets are well
on the -vny when Congress meets, res
olutions designed to embarrass the ad
ministration are likely to be intro
duced. The control of the ships of the
Navy Is, by law, In the hands of the
President, who will probably assert
his Independence of Congress.
SAYS ROADS NOT TO BLAME
Harrlman Talks About the Threat
ened Coal Shortage.
OMAHA. Neb., Aug. 11. E. H. Harrl
man and his two sons aftended church at
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral here today
during a break in the Westward vaca
tion trip which the railroad magnate is
making in his special train. The Harrl
man party was accompanied .from Chi
cago to Omaha by President Harahan, of
the Illinois Central.
Mr. Harrlman gave out a long Inter
view this afternoon. Many of his state
ments had, however, been maae before.
He declined to comment upon recent
court actions against corporations.
In answer to questions, Mr. Harrlman
said:
"I think we shall have a coal shortage
this winter, due to the. general Increase
In the consumption of coal by reason of
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the great expansion of all lines of In
dustries all over the country, anu also to
the fact that some mines are not able to
turn out as much as they might because
of a lack of labor, and then there Is the
shortage 01. ' freight cars to be reckoned
with. And to this car snortage I want
to say a word in reply to the general
charge that the railroads are wholly to
blame for car shortage. The charge is
unjust ' in many respects. Numerous
causes conspire to bring about a shortage
or congestion in cars where the people
know nothing, and they are causes for
which the railroads are not responsible
and cannot avoid."
Mr. Harrlman depreciated the Vecent
tendency of rate legislation. Said he:
"In the development and Improvement
of railroads one factor of vital consid
eration Is the relative cost of material
and labor and the- scale of rates for
traffic. Labor is scarce and much higher
paid than ever, material is often hard to
get and costs more, yet rates have been
reduced and taxes Increase... This Is not
a consideration which holds out either
to the people or the railroads the bright
est prospect. Under the present condi
tions of the higher cost of labor and ma
terial the tendency in rates should be to
remain stationary."
President Harahan, of the Illinois Cen
tral, expressed enthusiasm for the motor
car which is now being so largely added
to the equipment of tne Union Pacific,
and said the manufacture and use of thl3
car was now under consideration by his.
company.
-WHEREISJDHND.'SFATHER?
RUMORS THAT HE IS LIVING
SOMEWHERE IN IOWA.
Said to 'Be Physical and Mental
Wreck, Mumbling Curses Day and
Night Mystery Surrounds Him.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11. In connection
with the deep mystery as to the where
abouts of William A. Rockefeller, father
of John D., William and Frank Rocke
feller, there have been vague rumors for
two years past that the old man was
living somewhere in Iowa. Frank Rocke
feller charges his brother, John D.. with
starting these rumors in order to deepen
the mystery and to conceal the actual
habitation of their father.
The world ran down the report con
cerning Iowa during Its IS months' search
for the father of the oil magnates, and
the results were curious. Its informa
tion purported to come from a man who
had actually seen John D.'s father In his
place of concealment only one year be
fore, and who had located him in Cedar
Valley, Iowa. It described the aged man
as a physical and mental wreck, unable
to leave his bed and mumbling curses
day and night. His home was said to
be an Isolated farmhouse and his sole
attendant a man who shunned his neigh
bors and guarded his secret closely. On
this clew a World reporter visited Cedar
Valley, a wide tract of farming country,
thinly populated and virtually snow
bound through the--lojg . Winters. -The
farmers are taciturn and suspicious. They
live on Isolated farms and each minds
his own business. Almost every farmer
questioned told of an old man by the
name of Rockefelelr who lived In the
county. Some described him as a tall,
stout man of great age a description
that seemed to fit the vanished father of
John D.
Not until every corner of Cedar County
had been ransacked did the reporter find
a real clew. Then the discovery was
made that H. H. Rockefeller, a small
farmer near Sprlngdale, in the heart of
the big county, had sold out and moved
away only a short time before. He had
an old father with him and was some
thing of a mystery to the neighborhood.
TORNADO HITS LA CROSSE
Plays Havoc With Buildings and
Thousands of Shade Trees.
LA CROSSE. Wis., Aug. 11. A tornado
that swept through the city' at 8
o'clock thlo morning did great havoc
to factories, residences, churches, elec
tric companies and laid low thousands
of the most beautiful shade trees. The
tornado was accompanied by a furious
rain.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather. , '
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 88
degrees; minimum temperature. 67 de
grees. '
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northerly
winds.
Telegraphers Strike.
Secretary Russell may call all telegraphers'
from the keys tomorrow.- --page 1.
President Small and Commissioner Nelll ex
change telegrams. Page 3.
Labor Commissioner and strike leaders to
hold conference in Chicago. Page 1.
Foreign.
Continued fighting between French and)
Moroccans. Page 4.
General Plcquart, French War Minister, In
sulted by Insane laborer Page 4-
Germany equipping army with airships.
Page 2.
Domestic
Pennsylvania state troops called out to pro
tect people from Black Hand outrages.
Page 1.
Commissioner Knox In further report on
Standard Oil says prices are lower
abroad than at home. Page 1.
Harrlman attends church in Omaha. Page 1.
Addicks, once mighty, now pursued by cred
itors, is sued for divorce by wife No. 3.
Page 2.
Pacific Coast.
Telegraphers at Seattle awaiting orders to
strike. Page 4.
Woolen mills at Oregon City fear action of
new truant law. Page 3.
Portland and Vicinity.
Democratic slatemakers put on Chamber
lain for Senate and Lane for Governor.
Page V
Difficult problems come before City Council
this week. Page 4.
Oregon apples find favor in Orient. Page S.
Portland Western Union operators expect to
be called out tomorrow morning. Page 4.
Enrollment at Multnomah County Poor
farm Is biggest In history of Institution.
Page 9-
T. Cader Powell tells of rich Nome beaches.
Page 9.
Wireless message received here from trans
port en route to Orient. Page 9.
Beavers and Commuters break even In final
matinee. Page 5.
Dr. Jenks, of National Immigration Com
mission reaches Portland on tour of in
vestigation. Page 8.
Dr. John K. Straton. of Chicago, preaches
on need for return to God of fathers.
Page 12.
Rev. Everett M. Hill preaches on the .young
woman of the smart set. Pag 12.
LAIN IS
SLATED FOR TOGA
Party Leaders Certain
He Will Run.
CHOOSE LANE FOR GOVERNOR
Mayor's Coy Attitude Also
Heavily Discounted.
WISE ONES NOT DECEIVED
Hold That Published Interviews Are
Intended Only for Public Con
sumption Word for Sheriff ;
Montague for Mayor.
OREGOX DEMOCRATIC "SLATE."
United States Senator George B.
Chamberlain.
Governor of Oregon r. Harry
Lane.
District Attorney, Multnomah
County John Manning.
Mayor of Portland Richard W.
Montague.
Sheriff, Multnomah County Tom
Word.
Foregoing are the names of some Demo
crats selected by friends and admirers and
war horses in general to fill the big of
fices in Oregon when the time comes
around to elect successors to the present
Incumbents. In this era of success for
the ambition of Democrats to hold high
office In Oregon, standard-bearers In the
ranks of the once forlorn host are not
nearly so backward and hard to And as in
the days of yore and already specula
tion is running rife In the inner circles.
The biggest plum to be picked is the
United States Senatorshlp and the Demo
crats are after it with seven-league boots.
Statement No. 1 is bound to be injected
forcibly 3nU tfce campaign, and it: Is the
fond hope that some popular Democrat
may be able to capture the people's vote
and thus ride rough-shod over party lines,
even though the Legislature should fairly
swarm with Republicans. ,
All Eyes on Chamberlain.
That practically every Democratic eye
Is turned on Governor Chamberlain as the
Senatorial candidate of his party Is gen
erally conceded. There has been some
talk of ex-Senator John M. Gearln, and in
fact the Governor himself has breathed
the soft Impeachment for the ex-Senator's
benefit. But the Governor always was
famed for his politeness. Perhaps, as
between these two, there will be more or
less of the Alphonse-Gaston stunt, but
that Is about all. so the wise ones say.
It looks as if Governor Chamberlain will
be asked by his party to make the race,
and it Is not improbable that this will be
brought about by a Democratic state con
vention, which will be called before the
next primaries to elect delegates to the
National Democratic Convention. Besides
this, Mr. Gearln owes the past glory of
the togo to Governor Chamberlain, and it
is far from probable that he would con
sent for a moment to be a candidate If
there was the least likelihood that his po
litical benefactor would enter or would be
asked to enter the race. Beside this,
Gearln ran once and was defeated,
whereas the Governor came out of the
same campaign with James Wlthycombe's
scalp dangling from his belt.
Lane Looks to Salem.
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However, subscribing to the doctrine
that "sufficient unto the day Is the evil
thereof," Mayor Lane refuses to disgorge
a single syllable when charged with be
ing a candidate for Governor to succeed
Chamberlain. But the war horses are
freely talking him for the place, and
nothing but the Mayor's veto will serve
to check this complimentary bit of gos
sip. Close friends and admirers of the
"little doctor" say that he Itches much
for the big state Job.
The Lanes have always ridden high up
In the official bandwagon. The "little
doctor's" grandfather before him was
Governor of Oregon ere it blossomed: into
statehood, and his uncle. Lafayette Lane,
waxed eloquent in Congress. The doctor
is twice Mayor, of Oregon's metropolis.
and his vision, bo they say, goes shimmer
ing adown a vista of even greater great
ness in emulation of his forbears.
Manning Boom Growing.
Multnomah County next year will elect
a District Attorney, and there is wide
spread speculation as to whether John
Manning will be a candidate for a sec
ond elective term. Among his close
friends Manning is not regarded as a can
didate, but there Is a general feeling that
he practically will be forced to take an
other term. He is looked upon as the
strongest man in his party for the place,
and already members of both parties have
urged him to come out for re-election.
Manning's act in clamping down the lid
on Sunday saloons, a movement which
started a reform wave over the whole
state, and In driving human vultures out
of Portland's North End resorts, created
a boom for him that is gaining In strength
and It looks very much as if the next elec
tion will find his name on the ticket.
Word a Sure Winner.
But one man is talked of for Sheriff on
the Democratic ticket, and that man is
Tom Word. That he will run seems cer
tain. He could have been Chief of Police
CHAMBER
under Mayor Lane for less than the ask
ing, for it-was offered to him. but Gritz
macher is still Chief. This is said to be
because Word was saving his ammunition
to succeed the man who succeeded him.
At this time Word is the only man In
the Democratic camp who looks good to
the leaders, and undoubtedly is the only
man they have real hopes of electing.
If Mayor Lane runs for "Governor he
will leave a Democratic hiatus at the
City Hall. The war horses freely admit
that it is a little early to talk of who
might be run for his place, but Richard
W. Montague, the man who Is responsible
! Y I
Charles P. Nelll, Commissioner of
Labor, Who Is Negotiating With
President Small Toward a Strike i
Settlement.
for Lane's election both times, has been
mentioned.
"If Montague can elect Lane, why can
he not elect himself?" ask the wise ones,
with looks of wisdom the while. And
thus has Montague's boom been launched.
FIGHTING FDR THE CANTEEN
SPANISH WAR VETERANS JOIN
WITH ARMY OFFICERS.
Plan to Overwhelm Next Congress
and Get Back Old Order W. C.
T. U. Preparing to Fight.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. (Spe
cial.) The fight to restore the can
teen at Army posts is to be re-xpened
with renewed vigor next Winter.
Plans have been perfected for making
a strong appeal to Congress to wipe
from the statute books the anti-canteen
legislation. All prominent of
ficers of th6 Army In their resports to
the department making suggestions
for the improvement of the Army urge
the re-establlshment of the canteen.
Aside from the great mass of these
reports, which may not be considered
to express a disinterested opinion, the
Spanish War Veterans are sending
thousands of letters in behalf of the
canteen. The veterans last year
opened a campaign which was vig
orously prosecuted until Congress re
fused to amend the law. They have
prepared once again to make a fight
ana expect to win this time with the
argument that the W. C. T. U.. the
liquor dealers' association, and dis
reputable resorts have combined to
prevent the re-establlshment of the
canteen.
When some of the literature which
has been prepared is circulated the
W. C. T. U., which forced Congress to
abolish the canteen, will put on its
armor and enter the list in repudia
tion of some of the charges concern
ing the Interests which are alleged to
be working with it. The veterans
seem determined to Join issue, and
lively times may be expected when
Congress meets in December.
LEGAL WORK ALL BY PHONE
TJNIQITE PRECEDENT ESTAB
LISHED IN WYOMING.
Arrested, Summons Served, Lawyer
Retained, Plea Entered and Sen
tence Imposed by Telephone.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 11. (Special.)
With 35 miles of hill and plain between
the Judge and accused. Justice Carroll
this morning took up the case of Albert
Bristol, charged with assault and battery
on the person of Miles Fltzgereld. The
defendant entered a plea of guilty, and
the Judge Inflicted a fine of 115 and costs.
Yesterday morning, at the Bard ranch,
35 miles from Cheyenne, Albert Bristol
pulled Miles Fitzgerald off a mowing ma
chine and gave him a severe thrashing.
Fitzgerald telephoned to town a com
plaint against Bristol and a warrant for
the arrest of the latter was issued. Bris
tol, when informed by telephone that he
was wanted for assault and battery, took
up the matter with Attorney Ross, of
Cheyenne, retaining him by telephone.
This morning Attorney Ross appeared
before' Justice Carroll and said Bristol
desired to enter a plea of guilty. This
plea was received by the Justice over the
telephone and he inflicted a fine of $15
and costs by telephone over 35 miles of
wire connecting court and defendant.
Bristol informed the court that r.e would
send a check for the amount of the fine
by first mall, and this ended the preci-dent-establlshlng
Incident.
Gompers Hurrying to Chicago.
DETROIT, Aug. 11. President Sam
uel Gompers spoke at the Epworth
League Chautauqua at Colfax this aft
ernoon and hurried to Des Moines and
took tne train for Chicago. He declined
to discuss the telegraphers' strike ex
cept that he would be in Chicago sev
eral days.
CHEAPER ABROAD
THAN AT HOME
Smith Reports More
on Standard Oil.
PRICES VARY ALSO AT HOME
Monopolistic Power Used to
Swell Profits,
CHARGES RAILROADS MORE
Discriminations Make larger Earn
ings Than Margins Between Raw
and Finished Product Many
Cents Difference Is Made.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. (Special.)
Further startling disclosures of the ma
nipulation and control of the petroleum
industry by the Standard Oil monopoly
are made In the report of Herbert Knox
Smith, Commissioner of Corporations.
Discriminations In prices are exposed In
the report which charges that In the busi
ness of selling petroleum products in
foreign countries the price policy of the
Standard Oil Company has been to sacri
fice the Interests of the American con
sumer for the purpose of securing the
Standard's foreign business. The price
discriminations in domestic trade and
railroad lubricating oils are shown up.
These discriminations against domestic
trade alone, charges the report, have
contributed more to increase the Stan
dard's profits in recent years than were
realized from the margins between the
price of crude oil and the prices of Its
finished product.
Much Oil Is Exported.
Treating on the disparity of prices of
oil for domestic and foreign trade. Com
missioner Knox says:
A very large proportion of the petroleum
products manufactured In th United States
Is exported. This la especially true of Il
luminating oil, the most Important product,
of which from 55 to GO per cent Is nent
abroad. The prices in the United State?,
particularly during recent years, have been
very much higher than the foreign prices,
and the conclusion Is irresistible that the
Standard Oil Company baa made the Amer
ican people pay for the maintenance of lta
dominant position in the foreign trade.
Chief Interest attaches to the comparison
of domestic and foreign prices of illuminat
ing oil, although discrimination against the
domestic consumer appears also in other
classes of petroleum products, particularly
lubricating oil, which la also an important
export. The comparison of domestic and
foreign prices may be made in either of two
ways:
(1) The relative movement of prices in
the domestic and foreign markets may be
compared for a series of years without refer
ence to the absolute level of prices at a
given time as determined by the subtrac
tion of transport and other marketing
costs. A conspicuous and prolonged change
In the relative movements of prices, un
favorably to the domestic consumer, Indi
cates the probability of undue price dis
crimination without reference to the abso
lute difference in price.
(2) A comparison may also be made of
the absolute level of prices, after taking1
account of transport costs, marketing costs
and duties.
Increase in Export Price.
The excess of the average price in the
United States over the New York export
price in ISflU was 2.9 cents. By 1004 it had
Increased to 5.4 cents. In 1S09 the domestl
price stood at 1.9 cents below tne Hamburg
price. In 1904 it stood at l cent above the
Hamburg price. In 1101 the domestic price
was 0-4 cent below the Iondon price. Dur
ing the first seven months of 1905 it was?
8-4 cents above the price In London. From
September. 1807. to December, 1S99. the
United States price averaged 3.4 cents abovd
the New York export price, while from 13
ft 1105 It averaged 5.1 cents above It. From
187 to 1819 the domestic price averaged 1.2
cents below the Hamburg price, while from
1903 to 1905 It averaged 0.4 cent above.
From October, 1900, to December. 1902, the
domestlo price averaged 01 cent above tha
London price. From January. 1103, to July.
1905, It averaged 2.8 cents above the London
price.
The erfect of these changes in the relative
prices In this country and In - the foreign
trade can not be fully appreciated without
taking account of the fact that there are
large elements of cost entering Into both.
In other words, a change In prices repre
sents a very much greater relative change
in profits: In fact, it may mean the differ
ence between an enormous profit and no
profit at all.
In comparing the absolute level of do
mentlc and foreign prices of illuminating oil
It is necessary to take account of the dif
ference In the quality of the oil. Much of
the larger part of the oil old In the United
States Is water white, and the average
price computed by the bureau represents
the common grade of water-white oil. The
foreign prices, as already stated, represent
standard-white oil. which constitutes the
great bulk In the export trade. The normal
difference in value between these two klnda.
of oil is about 1 cent per gallon.
Home Prices Higher Than Foreign.
The figures show a very remarkable excels
In the American price above the foreign
prices-, particularly during the latter half of
1904 and the first half of 1905. During the
latter half of 1904 the price averaged for the
United States 10.3 cents), as contrasted with,
6.92 cents in Germany, 6.42 cents in the United
Kingdom and 6.49 cents In Denmark. The
excess of the domestic price, after allowing 1
cent for difference In quality, ranged at that
time from 2.38 cents to 2.88 cents. During the
first half of 1905 the extraordinary decline
In the prices in the Ulnted Kingdom increased
the effective margin between the domestic
price and the price in that country to 3- IT
cents.
The following statement shows the average
prices of illuminating oil, lese transport
charges and duties. In the United States, Ger
many, the United Kingdom and Denmark
for the entire period fir which the respective
foreign prices are available, and also pre
sents similar comparisons, for the single month
available, between domestic prices and prices
In the Netherlands and Belgium. The prices
are In cents per gallon, and in computing dif
ferences 1 cent is allowed for differenoe la
quality:
Average XTnlted States price (June, 1903,
to August. 1905) 10.3
Average German price (June, 1903, to Au
gust, 1905 7.3
Excess of United States price (less 1
cent) 2.0
Average United States price (January.
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